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An extremely handy tool :: Incremental history searching
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An extremely handy tool :: Incremental history searching
In terminal enter:
gedit ~/.inputrc
Then copy paste and save:
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[C": forward-char
"\e[D": backward-char
From now on, and many agree this is the most useful terminal tool, it saves you a lot of writing/memorizing...
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