On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:07:40 -0800 (PST) Brandin Creech
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>forward-search-history (C-s)
> Search forward starting at the current line and
> moving `down' through the history as necessary.
> This is an incremental sea
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 01:51 -0800, Brandin Creech wrote:
> The C-r key sequence does something else: it goes back to the last
> encountered word that you typed. For instance, they key sequence
> (C-r),c,p,(space),-,a would list the last command that had 'cp -a' in
> it (and
> pressing return would
--- Andrew Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brandin Creech wrote:
> > I'd appreciate any insight on this. If I had the "forward" search as
> > described, it'd make my shell a little friendlier for me. Thanks.
>
> The up and down arrows work for me.
The C-r key sequence does something else: it
Brandin Creech wrote:
I'd appreciate any insight on this. If I had the "forward" search as
described, it'd make my shell a little friendlier for me. Thanks.
The up and down arrows work for me.
Andy
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After using Bash for awhile, one feature I find myself using a lot is the
CTRL+R key combination (reverse-search-history). But a lot of times, I will
press (C-r) one too many times, and wish that I had a way to go "forward"
again to get to the history entry I wanted. Well, the Bash manpage says:
r
