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It is very much possible in Linux.<br />
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Which shell are you using? &nbsp;Bash or Korn?<br />
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In general you can do<br />
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history | grep -i &quot;command&quot;<br />
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In ksh, you may have to do certain configurations to make it work. &nbsp;You can also set your shell in vi mode, which is harder to use but you can find history with /command.<br />
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Also you have to set the size of your history. &nbsp;If you store more, you can recall more. &nbsp;For that you have to set HISTFILESIZE environment variable.<br />
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<a href="http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_106.html" rel="ugc">http://www.faqs.org/docs/bashman/bashref_106.html</a>
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The similar key is &quot;Tab&quot;.
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As farzanj has pointed out, Ctrl-R is what you want.
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I knew there must have been a way to do it! Thanks.
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I can't believe that this is not doable.<br />
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I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 at home, and at work I run Debian Lenny.<br />
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Back in the DOS days, I could partially type a command, then hit the &quot;F8&quot; key, and if any command I had typed in my history matched what I was typing now it would auto-complete the command to what I had typed before.<br />
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Basically it was a quick way to search my history and repeat a command I typed before.<br />
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In linux, the &quot;up arrow&quot; method to traverse my history works, but I have no way to &quot;autocomplete&quot; what I'm typing. I usually have to run the &quot;history&quot; command, pipe it to grep, and then copy-paste whatever I see. That is so tedious it usually is worth it to just re-type the command.<br />
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Somebody tell me there's an easy way to accomplish the &quot;F8&quot; shortcut that I am so used to using from DOS.<br />
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Thanks!
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I can't believe that this is not doable.

I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 at home, and at work I run Debian Lenny.

Back in the DOS days, I could partially type a command, then hit the "F8" key, and if any command I had typed in my history matched what I was typing now it would auto-complete the command to what I had typed before.

Basically it was a quick way to search my history and repeat a command I typed before.

In linux, the "up arrow" method to traverse my history works, but I have no way to "autocomplete" what I'm typing. I usually have to run the "history" command, pipe it to grep, and then copy-paste whatever I see. That is so tedious it usually is worth it to just re-type the command.

Somebody tell me there's an easy way to accomplish the "F8" shortcut that I am so used to using from DOS.

Thanks!

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