Command Line Trick Needed

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 22:34 -0500, Robert Spangler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A while back I had a command line trick that I liked very well.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Problem is since the HD crash I have lost this piece of information ad was 
> wondering if any of you know where I might find something like this again?
> 
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Craig