Any shell has the following behavior

[Alex]

>>Bash supports this by means of forward and backward searching. Using
>>emacs-like command line editing you can use ^S and ^R to start a search
>>prompt which will then find history lines that match the pattern you type.
>>Once the desired match is found, you can edit it or simply accept by
hitting
>>return. Search behavior is the same as emacs in that repeated use of
>>either ^S or ^R will find the next/previous match to the current pattern.


Sorry i don't know how to use emacs, what should i type when bash print
"(i-search`'):"? Thankx

Best Regards
alex


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