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Asked: 2026-05-17T06:27:14+00:00

I have a shell script which I execute frequently in a day with different

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I have a shell script which I execute frequently in a day with different arguments and/or options each time. What I am looking for is a way to “browse through” different executions of this shell script before selecting a particular one through CtrlR facility. How do I do that?

Ofcourse I can type “history” command and browse through the list manually;however I find CtrlR more convinient. 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try typing a common prefix and then pressing ctrl-r repeatedly to browse through different executions.

    For example, let’s say the command is vim, then:

    1. press CTRL-R to begin the reverse-i-search
    2. type vim
    3. press CTRL-R repeatedly to cycle through previous executions
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