Searching the bash history
Bash is a great shell, and has numerous capabiltiies to make peoples life easier. One super nifty feature is the ability to search through the shell’s history by hitting cntrl-r (control then the letter ‘r’):
$ cntrl-r
(reverse-i-search)`meta’: metastat
Once you locate the command you want to run, you simply hit enter to execute it. Good stuff!
Aleksey on June 19th, 2006
Handy, thanks for the tip!
Aleksey