Re: bash history
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:51:18 -0700, Bob wrote in message
<[🔎] 20101115025118.GA1048@hysteria.proulx.com>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > Bob wrote in message:
> > > Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote:
> > > > (reverse-i-search)`wh': aptitude why patch
> > > > --- After typing "wh" (without the quotes), it does not accept
> > > > more letters!
> > >
> > > What you are missing is that the search is case sensitive. The
> > > "Wh" in "White" is *not* matched by "wh" with lower case 'w'.
> >
> > ..from grep --help |less: ;o)
> > -i, --ignore-case ignore case distinctions
>
> That is a grep option. It doesn't apply to bash's history search.
..correct, that's _why_ we use such grep pipes instead. ;o)
> As far as I know there is no option to ignore case in bash's history
> search. But I don't know very much about such things.
>
> Bob
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