I rarely use ctrl+r, because most of the time I'm searching based on command name, which is at the start (unless it is in pipeline, etc).. so, I use this instea

I rarely use ctrl+r, because most of the time I'm searching based on command name, which is at the start (unless it is in pipeline, etc).. so, I use this instead in `.inputrc`: # use up and down arrow to match search history based on typed starting text "\e[A": history-search-backward "\e[B": history-search-forward