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jval43 on Jan 6, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Things I Wish I'd Known About Bash

You should try hstr (https://github.com/dvorka/hstr). It replaces CTRL-R with a full page interactive history search that really works.

Demo GIF here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/375914

dorfsmay on Jan 6, 2018 [–]

If you use either vim or emacs, there's something to be said about using that knowledge for your command line history.

jval43 on Jan 7, 2018 | [–]

hstr has a vi mode.

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