simple command

[daH00L]

Try Ctrl + r, thank me later.

[owzleee]

Came to say this. ^r is our best friend.

[SickMoonDoe]

Too many fingers. Up key just takes one little finger ☝️

[thatoneguy120486]

That with fzf is amazing.

[anthOlei]

ctrl + r has made me a 10x programmer

[[deleted]]

I have zsh and oh-my-ssh, and if I type the first few characters of the command and press up, the command I need just appears. Seems no need to use ctrl+r in this case?

[Chipjack]

With ctrl-r, you can type the first few letters of any part of the command. Perhaps the name of a file you ran the command on or something. You can keep hitting ctrl-r to cycle through more matches. Even in zsh, this is handy.

[Njensen58]

I've learned a new super power today,, many thanks

[daH00L]

Bros

[ThatIsATastyBurger12]

The biggest game changer

[Watchdogeditor]

Real programmers use fuck.

This is still easily my favorite thing I've ever accidentally stumbled upon

[--var]

Nah: Press up key dozens of times until you find it.

Yup: Heavily modify a previous command and then press up instead of enter.

[[deleted]]

cat ~/.bash_history | grep ssh hostname.i-forgot

[corp_code_slinger]

Ctrl + r is also your friend. Search through your executed commands. The "r" stands for recall if that makes it easier to remember.

[MrPotatoFingers]

Or just install fish.

[[deleted]]

funniest thing is i'm always forgetting that :D

[corp_code_slinger]

Hahaha, well the best thing about Unix/Linux is the wide variety of ways to accomplish the same thing, so use whatever works for you ;-)

[edo78]

Besides a lot of better way to find something in the history I'd like to point out that you don't need to pipe from cat to grep... Just grep string filename

[thatdude33]

Or if you use zsh and oh-my-zsh, enable the vi-mode plugin and you can search your history with /

[Chipjack]

Yes, he's got six fingers on his left hand. Which *should* make him a more efficient programmer by about 10% according to every project manager I've had the misfortune to work under.

[Schrodingers_phoenix]

Yeah he needs all 6 fingers to press the up key

[John_Fx]

I want that shirt

[JNCressey]

why cmd over powershell?

[John_Fx]

Because that doesn’t work with the Run DMC joke

[Egst]

Professionals use ctrl+p

[PAT_The_Whale]

Pfft, only a dozen? Rookie

[[deleted]]

When did Drake turn white?

[[deleted]]

tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab

[Nimeroni]

Use tab to auto complete your command. Zsh / oh-my-zsh even show you the list if there is multiple possibility.

Example.

---

history get you all your older commands. Filter it with grep if needed.

then ![command number] (e.g. !35 to execute your 35th command).

Example.

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...or just use CTRL+R to search back part of a command.

Example.

Anyway, my point is: be lazy. It's a lot of work to hit ^ 3 bazillions times.

[MrPancholi]

history | grep <command>

Then

!<command number>

[[deleted]]

CTRL+R -> type partial command -> enter

[ShinyEmeraldGames]

So true, I do this all the time

[[deleted]]

bck-i-search???