On 11/20/2005 05:20 PM, Adam Hardy wrote: > I rely on .bash_history alot to remind me what command syntax to use - I > don't scroll back thro the history with the up button, I just grep the > .bash_history file for the command I want to run. > > This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had > been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was > used to. > > I don't know what caused this. But I deleted the file and carried on. > For a while the .bash_history file returned as ASCII text, but now it's > happened again. > > What am I doing wrong? > > > Thanks > Adam
Why not use control-r ? Does exactly that. >From man bash: > reverse-search-history (C-r) > Search backward starting at the current line and moving `up' > through the history as necessary. This is an incremental > search. Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
