Supercharge your CLI bash history search

This is a repost from https://coderwall.com/p/oqtj8w but it’s so handy, I want to share anyway 🙂
 
Create ~/.inputrc and fill it with this:

"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set completion-ignore-case on

 

This allows you to search through your history using the up and down arrows … i.e. type “cd /” and press the up arrow and you’ll search through everything in your history that starts with “cd /”.

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