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(reverse-i-search) in Bash

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Mar 15, 202631746 views
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I usually end up using CTRL+r for (reverse-i-search), however, sometimes I pass the command that I was looking for; if I do again a it doesn't find it anymore. I assume that the current pointer to the command history is before the command I'm looking for. Does anybody knows how to go back to the mo…

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Actually, another answer to that question gives a better option. In your add the following line: Then you can use Ctrl-s to step forward through the history in the same way as you would use Ctrl-r to step backward. This will even work to start a new…

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