Master the history command and learn some interesting usage of the bash history feature in this tutorial.
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    6·
    4 months ago

    Here’s something I use to search history for commands or keywords. I have this as a function in my profile:

    function hgr() {
    history | grep "$1"
}

    history grep

    Usage: hgr git to search for commands containing git.

    Someone more knowledgeable may be able to point out ways to improve this.

    • Will@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      you can get a lot of the way there with Control+R reverse history search (mentioned in the article) – and it’s interactive. With fzf you can even get fuzzy history searching (the first search result has a video).