Comments on: Tip: History Search in Bash http://ronny.haryan.to/archives/2005/03/14/tip-history-search-in-bash/ Print: $9.50 -- Online: free Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ronny http://ronny.haryan.to/archives/2005/03/14/tip-history-search-in-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-535 ronny Fri, 22 Apr 2005 02:33:35 +0000 http://ronny.haryan.to/archives/2005/03/14/tip-history-search-in-bash/#comment-535 Hmm, this is what bash(1) man page says (reformatted for clarity): <blockquote> 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. forward-search-history (C-s) Search forward starting at the current line and moving `down' through the history as necessary. This is an incremental search.</blockquote> Actually I knew about Ctrl-s, but I wasn't aware when I wrote this post since I was looking at the man page. Maybe the system's inputrc or gnome terminal override Ctrl-s here. Hmm, this is what bash(1) man page says (reformatted for clarity):

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.
forward-search-history (C-s)
Search forward starting at the current line and moving
`down’ through the history as necessary. This is an
incremental search.

Actually I knew about Ctrl-s, but I wasn’t aware when I wrote this post since I was looking at the man page. Maybe the system’s inputrc or gnome terminal override Ctrl-s here.

]]> By: khoa http://ronny.haryan.to/archives/2005/03/14/tip-history-search-in-bash/comment-page-1/#comment-534 khoa Fri, 22 Apr 2005 02:24:15 +0000 http://ronny.haryan.to/archives/2005/03/14/tip-history-search-in-bash/#comment-534 <blockquote>the contra forward-search-history to Ctrl-s</blockquote> ctrl-s stops screen scroll in bash. ctrl-q to restore.

the contra forward-search-history to Ctrl-s

ctrl-s stops screen scroll in bash. ctrl-q to restore.

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