Re: [Help-bash] Bash history

[Bharath Bhushan Lohray]

I don't think this will do what I am trying to do. I am trying to emulate
MATLAB console like behaviour in bash. In MATLAB, using the up arrow key
when a few characters are typed, lets the user cycle only through the
commands that begin with those characters.

- Bharath


On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson <address@hidden>
wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015, Bharath Bhushan Lohray wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> I would like to modify the way bash retrieves history at the command
>> prompt. What source file do I find this part of the code?
>>
>> I would like to restrict the history retrieval to only the commands that
>> begin with the letters at the prompt.
>>
>> For example -
>> $ l
>> <up arrow>
>> $ ls
>> <up arrow>
>> $ ls -alh
>> <up arrow>
>> $ ls -lh /var/log
>>
>
> There's no need to play with the source code.
>
> In ~/.inputrc:
>
> "\e[A": history-search-backward  ## up-arrow
>
> --
> Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>
>