[colug-432] Search Command History

[Steve VanSlyck]

OK. I was unaware of ESC KKK but I never look away from the monitor when typing.  Haven't for years.

Jeff Frontz <jeff.frontz at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:41 AM, Steve VanSlyck
><s.vanslyck723 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> It's easier to press one arrow key a few times than to type out a
>command
>> phrase.
>>
>
>It's way easier for a touch-typist to keep your fingers on/close to the
>home-row and hit "escape-K-K-K-K" than to take your hand off (and
>probably
>eyes away from the screen) and go find the arrow keys.
>
>Note that most of the comments in this thread apply to "bash" (and to
>some
>degree to ksh) in "emacs" mode.  If you'd rather use the one, true
>editor
>(and save stress on your pinky) for CLI editing, you can do "set -o
>vi".
>
>Note also that ksh always writes history to the history file -- this is
>especially useful when you share the history file across windows/shells
>so
>that you can use/edit the same command in another window and run it
>again/concurrently (e.g., to run the same thing in another directory or
>on
>a different set of parameters).
>
>Jeff
>
>
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