Ctrl+R
Then type any part of the command (filename, search string, etc)
Ctrl+R again to cycle through the matches.
(Best feature in bash)
Use fzf for a more visual search.
Or
history | grep 'command'Can’t just hit enter to run the one you want then, though.
Type: !1234 … to run whatever history number of the command.
control shift R, then start typing, it will search your bash history
I recommend using mcfly for that, it makes it even better.
Hmm, normally it’s just ctrl - r… Are you sure the shift is needed on your system?
Some variants have ctrl+r bound to something else
This is why I switched to fish; it seems to be much smarter understanding what I want to type.
Yeah it’s great how ctrl-r is kinda the default instead of something you have to go out of your way to use. Just start typing a command and the up arrow will only cycle through history that matches what you’ve typed so far.
up, up, up, up, up, cd …, ah there it is.
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It’s like the bus-stop-paradigm: If I wait just a bit longer and it will come. Meanwhile it would’ve been faster to walk.
i use vi mode in zsh for that reason, its pretty good
