TweetThe history Command The history command remembers the last 1000 commands that you have performed at the command line. The value of the history command is that you can go back and review a...
Hello,
I am using ftp on command line. The problem is getting bumped off after 15 minutes of no activity.. I have two options: quit ftp and use the command history of my shell, or stay in ftp and use 'open' command, where I can use the command history saved in the ftp program.
Linux offers a lot of power to users, especially from the command line. Because of this, some of the commands can get long and hairy. It would be nice to have a way so that you didn’t have to type those long ones out every time. Also, wouldn’t it be great to be able to search through your command history for that one really cool one? Luckily, we have some ways to do these things.
Sometimes I do the history command so I can see 4 commands in a row.
I want to copy those commands so I can run them again.
I usually select them with the mouse and shift-ctrl-c which works ok, but I also get the line numbers.
How can I do history and not have line numbers?
I tried the man page but was overwhelmed.
In Zsh, is there a way to navigate through the history of directories that I have visited (those listed in dirs) when I am typing a command in the command line?
For example, say I type cd in the terminal, I would like to then use M-n or M-p until I find the directory that I want to follow cd as I type in my command.
It would be extra nice if the list does not have any dupes.
On the bash command-line, ↑ gives me the previous command. On the command-lines in numpy or matlab, when I type a few characters, ↑ gives me the previously entered command starting with those characters. How can I enable exactly this behaviour in bash?
I am aware of more advanced ways of searching through the command-line history, but sometimes a simple way is more convenient.
I'm sometimes logged in on a host which I do not control and where PROMPT_COMMAND is readonly. Is there some way to work around this to run history commands anyway, for example using PS1?
basically i'm tired of hitting the left arrow a few dozen times when correcting a mistake or modifying a history command
i'd like to use vim style key shortcuts while on the command line so that a 55[left arrow key] moves the cursor 55 places to the left...
and i want all the other vi goodies, search of history maybe - a dream?, replace, etc
basically i'm tired of hitting the left arrow a few dozen times when correcting a mistake or modifying a history command
i'd like to use vim style key shortcuts while on the command line so that a 55[left arrow key] moves the cursor 55 places to the left...
and i want all the other vi goodies, search of history maybe - a dream?, replace, etc
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