Description:
[incorrect command found using ^r]
Repeat-By:
In user mode ($>):
mount /cdrom
... (do some stuff)
umount /cdrom
...
^r m
Instead of finding "mount /cdrom" it finds "umount /cdrom" and leaves the cursor blinking
on the "m" of
cdrom.
Hmmm.....
Which is exactly what it is supposed to do. By default, ^R is bound to:
reverse-search-history (C-r)
Search backward starting at the current
line and moving `up' through the history
as necessary. This is an incremental
search.
You sound as if you want:
history-search-backward
Search backward through the history for
the string of characters between the start
of the current line and the point. This
is a non-incremental search.
This is not bound to any key by default. I have it bound to
shift+up-arrow by putting this in my ~/.inputrc file:
"\e[a": history-search-backward ## shift+up-arrow
You could then type "m" and press shift+up-arrow to get the line
you want.
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
==================================================================
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, 2005, Apress
<http://www.torfree.net/~chris/books/cfaj/ssr.html>
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