Re: [Help-bash] Bash history

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

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

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