InputRC for searching the shell history with up-arrow

.inputrc

# Use CTRL-R to get history
# Use ! to search and execute !ta -> tail error_log
# use !-4 for previous fourth command
# clean history: history -c
# export HISTCONTROL=erasedups
# export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

# http://www.twam.info/software/tune-terminal-in-os-x-lion

"\e[B": history-search-forward
"\e[A": history-search-backward

# do not bell on tab-completion
set bell-style none
# enable 8bit input
set input-meta on
# disable stripping of 8bit characters
set convert-meta off
# enable 8bit output
set output-meta on
# show multiple possibilities on tab completion
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
# set file completion case-insensitive
set completion-ignore-case on
# completes names which are symbolic links to directories with slash appended
set mark-symlinked-directories on

"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
"\e[5~": history-search-backward
"\e[6~": history-search-forward
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[5C": forward-word
"\e[5D": backward-word