The thing with a lot of these tricks is that you have to get into the habit of using them. I knew `Ctrl+r` for history since I learned about the command line. I even have a nice shell integration with fzf. But I still used the up/down arrow keys for years or scrolled up when I was looking for a previous command, because I never remembered the shortcut and just took the path of least resistance to find something.
Usually what I do is writing these tricks down to a document that is easily accessible at a place where I know that I will look for when failing to remember them. I have a directory of docs where I write stuff like this down by language/tool/etc., so I can quickly look it up without having to search the internet. But I also have to actively remind myself that these things exist whenever I have a problem, stop me from just doing the inefficient thing.
in my .inputrc for years. I think, this is how command line worked in tcsh.
It changes unconditional prev/next to prefix search. With empty command line it is the same as the old behavior. But if you enter "ls" and then press up-arrow, it will scroll through all commands in history that have "ls" as a prefix. I use it much more often than C-r.
phforms · · focus · HN ↗
Usually what I do is writing these tricks down to a document that is easily accessible at a place where I know that I will look for when failing to remember them. I have a directory of docs where I write stuff like this down by language/tool/etc., so I can quickly look it up without having to search the internet. But I also have to actively remind myself that these things exist whenever I have a problem, stop me from just doing the inefficient thing.
delamon · · focus · HN ↗
It changes unconditional prev/next to prefix search. With empty command line it is the same as the old behavior. But if you enter "ls" and then press up-arrow, it will scroll through all commands in history that have "ls" as a prefix. I use it much more often than C-r.