Comment on Time-saving tips for LinuxComments−travisglines15yWhen first stumbling my way around the shell, after learning about tab completion I discovered the magic wizardry that is command reverse/history lookup (cntrl-r start typing command ... see last command you entered that matches)−maw15yYep, very handy. After finding a match, you can hit C-r again to find earlier matches.−travisglines15yI think you can keep hitting the up arrow to find earlier matches too
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When first stumbling my way around the shell, after learning about tab completion I discovered the magic wizardry that is command reverse/history lookup (cntrl-r start typing command ... see last command you entered that matches)
Yep, very handy. After finding a match, you can hit C-r again to find earlier matches.
I think you can keep hitting the up arrow to find earlier matches too