• Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
    36·
    4 months ago

    I really like this comic. Just in case someone didn’t know in Linux you can:

    -Ctrl + r to search previous commands

    Or

    -type history and precede the command number by an exclamation (!) to repeat the command (I.e. “!13”)

    • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
      20·
      4 months ago

      Or just !! for the last command. Particularly helpful if you forgot to prefix it with sudo you can run sudo !!

    • vvv@programming.dev
      8·
      4 months ago

      I highly recommend installing fzf, and its shell integration. Makes your Ctrl + r magnitudes more pleasant to use!

    • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
      6·
      4 months ago

      Also if you put “sensitive” information in your history by mistake you can use “history -d <line#>” to remove it.

      Unfortunately I had to use this command too many times.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      4 months ago

      Fish shell does this automatically. It’s one of the reasons I love it. You can auto-complete based on your command history.

      • Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        4 months ago

        I’m personlly a zsh+oh-my-zsh person which has the same type of auto complete option.

        My only regret is that something broke the thefuck plugin on my pc and now swearing at my screen doesn’t fix my mistakes.

    • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Ctrl + r to search previous commands

      That’s a readline thing by the way, so it doesn’t just work in bash but also works with other cli applications that are compiled with readline support, for example virsh, psql, fdisk, …