History at Full Speed
If the command-line editor is really a full-featured history editor, then history should be searchable.
Is this possible? Yes sirree.
In emacs mode, type ^R, then start typing the string you're looking for. You'll get the normal, emacs incremental search. If you find the string you want, but it's not the command you want, press ^R again to get the next instance.
In vi mode, use vi's search command, /. Find the next command containing that string with n.
If there's a command you issued a few minutes ago and you want to bring it back, you don't have to type up-arrow after up-arrow to find it. You can recall it by just typing in a few characters from the command and searching.
vi doesn't have incremental search, but it turns out that some of the emacs-mode commands, like ^R, still work in vi-mode, so it's often worth trying them.
No, this isn't logical. Oh, well.
Happy Pearl Harbor Day!
Is this possible? Yes sirree.
In emacs mode, type ^R, then start typing the string you're looking for. You'll get the normal, emacs incremental search. If you find the string you want, but it's not the command you want, press ^R again to get the next instance.
In vi mode, use vi's search command, /. Find the next command containing that string with n.
If there's a command you issued a few minutes ago and you want to bring it back, you don't have to type up-arrow after up-arrow to find it. You can recall it by just typing in a few characters from the command and searching.
vi doesn't have incremental search, but it turns out that some of the emacs-mode commands, like ^R, still work in vi-mode, so it's often worth trying them.
No, this isn't logical. Oh, well.
Happy Pearl Harbor Day!
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