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[–] m15otw@feddit.uk 49 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Ctrl+R

Then type any part of the command (filename, search string, etc)

Ctrl+R again to cycle through the matches.

(Best feature in bash)

[–] spoopyking@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or history | grep 'command'

[–] m15otw@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't just hit enter to run the one you want then, though.

[–] rufus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Type: !1234 ... to run whatever history number of the command.

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