On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:28:11AM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > 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? > > You can also use the "history" command to view your history. Any > command in your history can be reused by prefixing its history number > with a bang ('!'). Thus if history says "422 ls -lAF /usr/local" you > can type "!422" at a prompt to issue that command again. history + > grep can be fun.
oh sure. this is also very useful. > Finally, (and perhaps most obvious) you can use ctrl-p and ctrl-n to > cycle backwards and forwards through your command history. For most > terminal types these sequences are mapped to the up-arrow and > down-arrow respectively. sure i was doing this already. but it is only : sequential browsing. does not help if the command you are looking for is 200 commands back! -- regards, sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- It seems a little silly now, but this country was founded as a protest against taxation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]