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Add the following lines to the zsh config e.g. .zshrc

bindkey '\e[A' history-beginning-search-backward
bindkey '\e[B' history-beginning-search-forward

The behavior of history-beginning-search-backward is as follows:

Search forward in the history for a line beginning with the current line up to the cursor. This leaves the cursor in its original position.

Also, if \e[A doesn't work for the up or down arrows, press <ctrl-v><KEY (e.g., up arrow)> in another terminal which gives ^[OA. Then you can use this instead of \e[A. The process is described here: http://zshwiki.org/home/zle/bindkeys

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