topic Re: command recall in bash in Operating System - Linux

command recall in bash

Allanm — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:59:28 GMT

Is there a way to recall commands in bash shell just like / in ksh apart from using the arrow keys.

Re: command recall in bash

Ivan Ferreira — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:23:22 GMT

Hit CTRL+R and you will search for commands as you type. Hit CTRL+R again and you will find the next one.

Re: command recall in bash

TwoProc — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:47:30 GMT

CTRL R is really neat(thanks Ivan, nice posting), but if you want it to work "just like / in ksh".

Then, you just type in:
$> set -o vi

or add the above command to your .bash_profile file in your home directory.

This allows you to use the "/" command exactly like in ksh.

Re: command recall in bash

Allanm — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:57:01 GMT

Reopening an old Thread...

I want to get rid of "arg:" when I am in the insert mode and trying to feed in numbers.

Please help what I need to do. this is very anoying.

Thanks,
Allan.

Re: command recall in bash

TwoProc — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:39:32 GMT

Allan,

If I can add one more thing - what I like about what Ivan posted is that it doesn't interfere with setting "set -o vi". Meaning that you can use both the old ksh "/" method with "set -o vi", but even with that set - CTRL-R still works great.