On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 07:51:07PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > let us say, i have done ls -l , etc etc > then i have done a few more commands at the prompt. > > now, i want to use that ls command again. is there a way inwhich i can > reach it quickly? for instance, i type ls and some other key and bash > completes from history?
You can press ctrl-r to search backwards in your history or you can use csh-like history expansion with ! (read the HISTORY EXPANSION section in the bash man page) Stephen Rüger -- Jede Nation spottet über die andere, und alle haben recht. -- Schopenhauer
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