Re: .bash_history

From: Clive Menzies (clive_at_clivemenzies.co.uk)
Date: 11/21/05

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    Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:23:56 +0000
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    On (20/11/05 21:41), Ralph Katz wrote:
    > On 11/20/2005 05:20 PM, Adam Hardy wrote:
    > > I rely on .bash_history alot to remind me what command syntax to use - I
    > > don't scroll back thro the history with the up button, I just grep the
    > > .bash_history file for the command I want to run.
    > >
    > > This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had
    > > been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was
    > > used to.
    > >
    > > I don't know what caused this. But I deleted the file and carried on.
    > > For a while the .bash_history file returned as ASCII text, but now it's
    > > happened again.
    >
    > Why not use control-r ? Does exactly that.
    >
    > >From man bash:
    > > reverse-search-history (C-r)
    > > Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up'
    > > through the history as necessary. This is an incremental
    > > search.
    >

    Oh so neat :)

    Thanks

    Clive 

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