Command Line Trick Needed

[Harry Hoffman]

Hi,

Try "man bash" at the command prompt. Search for reverse.

Essentially the search (and other functions) match emacs keybindings.

HTH,
Harry

Robert Spangler wrote:
> Hi,
[snip]
> All one had to do was type in a few characters of a string from a previously 
> entered command and press the up/down arrow keys.  This would cycle through 
> your command history but only displayed the commands that matched the string 
> you entered.  This would make repeating commands a lot faster and easier.