Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
Sure - to complete the prior command beginning with ls, do:
!ls
which will re-execute the last comment beginning with "ls".
If you need finer-grained history, use the command:
history
which will let you copy-and-paste a prior command.
ap
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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
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On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Mike Dresser wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> well, if nothing else, you can hit up a few times and it'll scroll through
> your command history.
>
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