[NTLUG:Discuss] Silly noobie question - history
Stuart Johnston
saj at thecommune.net
Thu Feb 8 09:44:26 CST 2007
Richard Witt wrote:
> * Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> [2007-02-08 08:17]:
>> At a command line, I use the up arrow and scroll through the history
>> list looking for a command. Once I get up a hundred or so lines, I
>> decide not to use a command up there. Is there a quick keystroke to
>> take me back to an empty command line, or must I always just scroll back
>> down?
>>
>
> how about instead of scrolling up using the arrows you just use the
> history command to search for the previous command you were looking for.
> Something like:
>
> history |grep <command>
>
> I have found this VERY useful and have even created and alias because i
> use it so much.
>
Also try Ctrl-r for iterative searching.
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