On Sep 08, 2018 at 15:29:44, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > And while we're at it, CTRL-R and start typing a substring of > the past command you're looking for: the more letters you have, > the more specific the match becomes (also called "reverse > incremental search"). > > Takes a bit to get used to, but is... magic. > > I'm surprised it is so little known. This is one of the first things I set when installing a new Debian. But you must set it explicitly in /etc/inputrc systemwide or in your ~/.inputrc. I don't how this behaviour is in other distris. Just my 2¢ Michael -- BOFH excuse #419: Repeated reboots of the system failed to solve problem
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