Search command history on bash

ctrl + r

Very handy and time-saving. Do a 'ctrl+ r' on command prompt. You will see a "(reverse-i-search)`':" mark. Just type any sub-string of the command you want to search(provided you have used it sometime in the same session). Keep on searching by repeatedly pressing ctrl+r. Press enter once you get the desired command string.

Sample Output

blue] $
(reverse-i-search)`': ls

#Press enter to run the selected command.

By: Bluehive

2009-06-25 06:51:38

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What Others Think

Great! Very useful

brausen · 716 weeks and 6 days ago

Personally, I prefer bash's "history-search-backward" function, which takes what you've already typed and searches backwards. This is also the way tcsh's esc-p history search works. I am usually in the middle of typing a command when I want to search for it. Using ctrl-r requires you to erase what you've already typed before typing it again after doing the ctrl-r.

rae · 716 weeks and 6 days ago

Instead of erasing what you are typing to do the Ctrl-R, you can do a Ctrl-C. It will put you back to the beginning of a command line but leaves the command you just wrote on the line above. Lets you copy from that command.

fritz_monroe · 716 weeks and 5 days ago

reverse search

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What do you think?

Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?

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