On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:33:57 -0700, Bob wrote in message <20101115183357.ga18...@hysteria.proulx.com>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > Bob wrote in message > > > Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > > ..from grep --help |less: ;o) > > > > -i, --ignore-case ignore case distinctions > > > > > > That is a grep option. It doesn't apply to bash's history search. > > > > ..correct, that's _why_ we use such grep pipes instead. ;o) > > Uhm... You can't use grep to substitute for bash's Control-r > function. You have completely misunderstood the question! Let me add > some more lengthy explanation to clarify the operation. > > 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. > > That is the emacs mode key which is almost the same as ESC-/ in vi > editing mode. It searches through your command history and recalls > matching commands to the command line. You can then edit the command > and press Enter which then executes the command line. This is the > WYSIWYG command line editing replacement for the old csh's ! history > substitution mechanism.[1] ..ah. I developed my bad pipe laying habits years before installing radiance and leptonica-progs, both debs includes a program named with the same annoying 5 first letters. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101115210247.515fd...@a45.fmb.no
