Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 07:48:14AM +0800, csj@mindgate.net wrote:
> On 29 Jan 2003 15:54:32 -0600,
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 10:28, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> > > > hello all
> > > >
> > > > i am sure there must be a way of doing it. i am not getting it though.
> > > >
> > > > 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?
> > >
> tcsh has a far more elegant (tm) approach to the problem. Typing
> "ls<ALT-P>" (or META-P) will get you only all the commands that
> begin with "ls" (eliminating such oddities as "echo lst.txt"). If
> somebody knows the precise bash equivalent of this, let me
> know. BTW AFAICT the tcsh equivalent of CTRL-R is a wildcard
> sequence like "*ls*", which will capture all *ls* whether command
> or argument.
well, thanx for suggestion. but i am not using tcsh and control r served
my purpose well so wont be shifting to it either!
but i read up on tcsh in aptitude and it seems interesting.
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regards,
sandip p deshmukh
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