sudo !! Is nice but I mostly use the up arrow to repeat something long and complicated I did 10 minutes ago. The joke there is sometimes that takes too long too. So that’s where history | grep 'keyword' is nice
If it’s bash, it’s using readline, which is in emacs-like mode by default, and so you can probably use Control-R to do a reverse i-search (incremental search). Enter to invoke the command. Control-C to abort i-search.
If a search matches multiple candidates, tap Control-R multiple times to cycle back through results.
EDIT: Also, ! has a built-in search, so if you are sure of the substring, you can just do that. I generally prefer to use the interactive search to confirm that I’m not invoking something wonky.
Even better the SECOND time you do it with the up arrow.
You know. Just your standard Hacker, hackin’.
It keeps its handses on the home row.
sudo !!Is nice but I mostly use the up arrow to repeat something long and complicated I did 10 minutes ago. The joke there is sometimes that takes too long too. So that’s wherehistory | grep 'keyword'is niceYou may enjoy
ctrl + r. It hasn’t completely replaced grepping history for me but it’s close.If you trigger fzf with ctrl-r then you might never need to grep again.
If it’s bash, it’s using readline, which is in emacs-like mode by default, and so you can probably use Control-R to do a reverse i-search (incremental search). Enter to invoke the command. Control-C to abort i-search.
If a search matches multiple candidates, tap Control-R multiple times to cycle back through results.
EDIT: Also,
!has a built-in search, so if you are sure of the substring, you can just do that. I generally prefer to use the interactive search to confirm that I’m not invoking something wonky.