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Huh? Backspace works the same for me in Bash C-r as it does in Emacs C-r.

• throwanem 9y ago
  It never does anywhere for me. Good to know it's supposed to, though; maybe I've got something mapped weird, or the versions of the shell I'm using are old enough to be unwelcoming in this way, or I don't know what, but knowing it's not by design means there's a fix to be found for it. Thanks!
  • jmiserez 9y ago
    You should try hstr (https://github.com/dvorka/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 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/375914
    • dorfsmay 9y ago
      If you use either vim or emacs, there's something to be said about using that knowledge for your command line history.
      • jmiserez 9y ago
        hstr has a vi mode.