On Wednesday 29 January 2003 08:21 am, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > hello all > > 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? > > -- > regards, > sandip p deshmukh > ------***-------- > BOFH excuse #40: > > not enough memory, go get system upgrade
you can use the up arrow to reach previous commands. or you can grep your .bash_history, like grep ls ~/.bash_history -jason pepas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]