Re: [Help-bash] bash key mapping in reverse-i-search mode

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/21/12 12:20 AM, Sinbad wrote:

> i just tried with bash version 4.2, GNU bash, version 4.2.0(1)-release
> (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
> i still doesn't work, i tested the following. ,b is mapped for reverse search.
> 
> $ git one
> $ git two
> $,b
> $(reverse-i-search)`':git
> $(reverse-i-search)`':git two
> $(reverse-i-search)`':git two # {press ,b} here, it wont move to git one,
> it just get's struck there
> 
> apparently it is working for you, am i doing something wrong ?

Here's what I did.  Using emacs mode on bash-4.2.37, I ran

bind '",b":reverse-search-history'

After that, successively entering `,b' takes me back through the history
until there are no more instances of the search string.

Chet
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