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Re: can't the shell do a better job



* Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> [05-01-04 06:36]:
> 
> Sure, but reverse-search-history is probably what you want:
> 
>    C-r<string>
> 
> ...recalls the most recently occuring line matching <string>.
> 
> 
> Repeating the C-r (that's <ctrl>-r BTW) finds the next prior match.

if you often use the same command over and over again you can also
use

$ !<command>

This calls <command> with the arguments you used last time.

grZ
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