On (20/11/05 21:41), Ralph Katz wrote: > 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. > > 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. >
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