-- Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Wednesday, 29 January 2003, 07:51 PM +0530): > i am sure there must be a way of doing it. i am not getting it though. > > let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc > then i have done a few more commands at the prompt. > > now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can > reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash > completes from history?
I don't know about that, but if you hit your up-arrow, it will scroll backwards through the command history -- I do this a lot to save on keystrokes. (Note: Hitting down-arrow will then take you forward through the history, but only after you've gone backwards.) -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]