Re: .bash_history

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (20/11/05 21:41), Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 11/20/2005 05:20 PM, Adam Hardy wrote:
> > I rely on .bash_history alot to remind me what command syntax to use - I
> > don't scroll back thro the history with the up button, I just grep the
> > .bash_history file for the command I want to run.
> > 
> > This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had
> > been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was
> > used to.
> > 
> > I don't know what caused this. But I deleted the file and carried on.
> > For a while the .bash_history file returned as ASCII text, but now it's
> > happened again.
> 
> Why not use control-r ?  Does exactly that.
> 
> >From man bash:
> > reverse-search-history (C-r)
> >               Search backward starting at the current  line  and  moving  `up'
> >               through  the  history  as  necessary.   This  is  an incremental
> >               search.
> 

Oh so neat :)

Thanks

Clive

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