Hi, maybe what you are looking for is:
!first_letter_of_the_command i.e.: in the case of ls -l, if you use !l, it will repeat the last used command that started with the letter l. Rod On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, 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? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]