Re: find a command i have recently used in bash
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 04:30:54PM +0100, Stephen Rueger wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote:
> > 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?
>
> You can press ctrl-r to search backwards in your history or you can use
thanx. this is perfect. just what i wanted
> csh-like history expansion with ! (read the HISTORY EXPANSION section in
> the bash man page)
this is a bit tricky. lets say, it executes an unwanted delete command
in a hurry!
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regards,
sandip p deshmukh
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