{"id":328,"date":"2013-05-12T13:39:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/?p=328"},"modified":"2013-05-22T12:39:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T17:39:11","slug":"command-line-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/command-line-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Command line history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jude Robinson :: The single most useful thing in bash<\/a><\/p>\n

Create ~\/.inputrc<\/code> and fill it with this:<\/p>\n

\"\\e[A\": history-search-backward\r\n\"\\e[B\": history-search-forward\r\nset show-all-if-ambiguous on\r\nset completion-ignore-case on<\/pre>\n
This allows you to search through your history using the up and down arrows \u2026 i.e. type cd \/<\/code> and press the up arrow and you'll search through everything in your history that starts with cd \/<\/code>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Wow. That is not an exaggeration at all: the<\/em> most useful thing. I am so thrilled to finally be able to search my shell history the same way I can my Matlab history. I've been able to do this there for ages and my mind still hasn't caught up with not being able to do it in the shell.<\/p>\n
If it's not clear to you why this is useful or why it pleases me, I don't think there's anything I can do to explain it. Sorry.<\/p>\n
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PS<\/i> Anyone have first-hand experience with the fish<\/code> shell<\/a>? The autocompletions and inline, automatic syntax highlighting seem clever. I need to get around to giving it a try on one of my boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jude Robinson :: The single most useful thing in bash Create ~\/.inputrc and fill it with this: \"\\e[A\": history-search-backward \"\\e[B\": history-search-forward set show-all-if-ambiguous on set completion-ignore-case on This allows you to search through your history using the up and down … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[8,15],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cs","tag-programming","tag-technology","wpautop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3sddF-5i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1226,"url":"https:\/\/www.jsylvest.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/book-list-2018q2\/","url_meta":{"origin":328,"position":0},"title":"Book List: 2018Q2","author":"jsylvest","date":"7 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are the books I read in April, May and June. 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