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Instead of aliasing common commands, I make heavy use of Ctrl-r at the command prompt to search the history. So if I have a complex command I want to run sever
by a-priori 16y ago
Instead of aliasing common commands, I make heavy use of Ctrl-r at the command prompt to search the history.
So if I have a complex command I want to run several times, I'll type it out in full the first time. After that, I'll hit Ctrl-r and start typing part of the command until it shows the one I mean, then hit enter to run it.
- gommm 16y agoIf you're using zsh, you should try adding this to your .zshrc bindkey '\e[A' history-search-backward bindkey '\e[B' history-search-forward It tells zsh to search backward and forward in the history for any line starting with the same string as what is currently entered when you press the up and down arrow... Helps saves a lot of time compared to always just using Ctrl-r. I think there's an equivalent for bash, but I don't know it...
- gcr 16y agoMy bash uses readline, so I have this in my ~/.inputrc: "\e[5~": history-search-backward "\e[6~": history-search-forward This is for PageUp and PageDn.