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Bash History Cheat Sheet, Exercises of History

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Bash History Cheat Sheet. Emacs and Vi history editing keyboard shortcuts: Shortcut. Description ... Fetch the previous command from the history list.

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Bash History Cheat Sheet
Emacs and Vi history editing keyboard shortcuts:
Shortcut Description
Emacs Mode Shortcuts:
CTRL-p Fetch the previous command from the history list.
CTRL-n Fetch the next command from the history list.
CTRL-r Search history backward (incremental search).
CTRL-s Search history forward (incremental search).
Meta-p Search backward using non-incremental search.
Meta-n Search forward using non-incremental search.
Meta-<Move to the first line in the history.
Meta->Move to the end of the history list.
Vi Mode Shortcuts:
kFetch the previous command from the history list.
jFetch the next command from the history list.
/string or CTRL-r Search history backward for a command matching string.
?string or CTRL-s Search history forward for a command matching string.
nRepeat search in the same direction as previous.
NRepeat search in the opposite direction as previous.
GMove to the N-th history line (for example, 15G).
History behavior modification via shell variables:
Shell Variable Description
HISTFILE Controls where the history file gets saved. Set to /dev/null not to keep history.
Default: ∼/.bash history.
HISTFILESIZE Controls how many history commands to keep in HISTFILE.
Default: 500.
HISTSIZE Controls how many history commands to keep in the history list of current session.
Default: 500.
HISTIGNORE Controls which commands to ignore and not save to the history list. The variable takes a
list of colon separated patterns. Pattern &matches the previous history command.
History behavior modification via shopt command:
shopt option Description
histappend Setting the variable appends current session history to HISTFILE. Unsetting overwrites
the file each time.
histreedit If set, puts a failed history substitution back on the command line for re-editing.
histverify If set, puts the command to be executed after a substitution on command line as if you had
typed it.
shopt options can be set by a shopt -s option and can be unset by a shopt -u option shell command.
A cheat sheet by Peteris Krumins ([email protected]), 2008.
http://www.catonmat.net - good coders code, great reuse
Released under GNU Free Document License.
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Bash History Cheat Sheet

Emacs and Vi history editing keyboard shortcuts:

Shortcut Description

Emacs Mode Shortcuts: CTRL-p Fetch the previous command from the history list. CTRL-n Fetch the next command from the history list. CTRL-r Search history backward (incremental search). CTRL-s Search history forward (incremental search). Meta-p Search backward using non-incremental search. Meta-n Search forward using non-incremental search. Meta-< Move to the first line in the history. Meta-> Move to the end of the history list. Vi Mode Shortcuts: k Fetch the previous command from the history list. j Fetch the next command from the history list. /string or CTRL-r Search history backward for a command matching string. ?string or CTRL-s Search history forward for a command matching string. n Repeat search in the same direction as previous. N Repeat search in the opposite direction as previous. G Move to the N-th history line (for example, 15G).

History behavior modification via shell variables:

Shell Variable Description

HISTFILE Controls where the history file gets saved. Set to /dev/null not to keep history. Default: ∼/.bash history. HISTFILESIZE Controls how many history commands to keep in HISTFILE. Default: 500. HISTSIZE Controls how many history commands to keep in the history list of current session. Default: 500. HISTIGNORE Controls which commands to ignore and not save to the history list. The variable takes a list of colon separated patterns. Pattern & matches the previous history command.

History behavior modification via shopt command:

shopt option Description

histappend Setting the variable appends current session history to HISTFILE. Unsetting overwrites the file each time. histreedit If set, puts a failed history substitution back on the command line for re-editing. histverify If set, puts the command to be executed after a substitution on command line as if you had typed it.

shopt options can be set by a shopt -s option and can be unset by a shopt -u option shell command.

A cheat sheet by Peteris Krumins ([email protected]), 2008. http://www.catonmat.net - good coders code, great reuse Released under GNU Free Document License.

History expansion:

Shortcut Description

Event Designators: ! Starts a history substitution. !! Refers to the last command. !n Refers to the n-th command line. !-n Refers to the current command line minus n. !string Refers to the most recent command starting with string. !?string? Refers to the most recent command containing string (the ending? is optional). ˆstring1ˆstring2ˆ Quick substitution. Repeats the last command, replacing string1 with string2. !# Refers to the entire command line typed so far. Word Designators (word designators follow the event designators, separated by a colon): 0 The zeroth (first) word in a line (usually command name). n The n-th word in a line. ˆ The first argument (the second word) in a line. $ The last argument in a line. % The word matched by the most recent ?string? search. x-y A range of words from x to y (-y is synonymous with 0-y).

  • All word but the zeroth. x* Synonymous with x-$. x- The words from x to the second to last word. Modifiers (modifiers follow word designators, separated by a colon): h Removes a trailing pathname component, leaving the head. t Removes all leading pathname components, leaving the tail. r Removes a trailing suffix of the form .xxx, leaving the basename. e Removes all but the trailing suffix. p Prints the resulting command but does not execute it. q Quotes the substituted words, escaping further substitutions. x Quotes the substituted words, breaking them into words at blanks and newlines. s/old/new/ Substitutes new for old. & Repeats the previous substitution. g Causes s/old/new/ or & to be applied over the entire event line.

History expansion examples:

$ echo a b c d e (executes ‘echo ab c d e‘) a b c d e $ echo !!:3-$ (executes ‘echo c d e‘) c d e $ echo !-2:*:q (executes ‘echo ’a b c d e’‘) a b c d e $ echo !-3:1:2:4:x (executes ‘echo ’a’ ’b’ ’d’‘) a b d $ echo !-4:1-3:s/a/foo/:s/b/bar/:s/c/baz/ (executes ‘echo foo bar baz‘) foo bar baz

$ tar -xzf package-x.y.z.tgz ... $ cd !-1:$:r (exec’s ‘cd package-x.y.z‘) package-x.y.z $

$ ls -a /tmp file1 file2 file ... $ ^-a^-l^ (exec’s ‘ls -l /tmp‘) -rw------- 1 user user file ...

A cheat sheet by Peteris Krumins ([email protected]), 2008. http://www.catonmat.net - good coders code, great reuse Released under GNU Free Document License.