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? -- regards, sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- BOFH excuse #40: not enough memory, go get system upgrade