On Friday 20 Nov 2009 6:35:10 am Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > > in the console, up arrow will give the previous command executed. > > Sometimes I need to execute a command given about 20-30 times back. It > > is tedious to keep pressing up arrow - I recall some way of typing the > > first few letters of the command and pressing some key to get the > > command. Any clues? > > > > If you're using bash, hit ctrl+r and start typing the first few chars, > hit enter once to copy the command, again to execute. >
thanks - imagine wasting 15 years with up-arrow. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
