[Gllug] FreeBSD like command line history

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Thu Jan 29 10:49:13 UTC 2004


On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 10:28:25AM -0500, cperera wrote:
> hi,
> i was searching for FreeBSD like command line history finally i found
> this ..
> Add following lines to /etc/inputrc
> 
> "\M-[A":history-search-backward
> "\M-[B":history-search-forward
> then type first 2 or 3 letters of the command you typed earlier and press arrow keys 
> 
> tell how do u feel with this :-)

Well, unless you intend to impose this on all users, you should add it
to $HOME/.inputrc

Personally, my ~/.inputrc file always has 'set editing-mode vi'.

-- 
Bruce

A problem shared brings the consolation that someone else is now
feeling as miserable as you.
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