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Bash Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts For History

This document lists 21 keyboard shortcuts for navigating and manipulating the command history in Bash terminal. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+R to search history backward, Ctrl+G to exit history searching, Ctrl+J to finish search and run command, and !! to rerun the previous command. A variety of shortcuts allow searching for and reusing parts of previous commands.

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Bash Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts For History

This document lists 21 keyboard shortcuts for navigating and manipulating the command history in Bash terminal. Some key shortcuts include Ctrl+R to search history backward, Ctrl+G to exit history searching, Ctrl+J to finish search and run command, and !! to rerun the previous command. A variety of shortcuts allow searching for and reusing parts of previous commands.

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Bash Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts for History

Learn how to utilize Bash history by adapting these shortcuts

Serial No. Shortcut Keys Functions

1. Ctrl + G Exits from the history searching mode.

2. Ctrl + J Finishes the history search at the ongoing


command line.

3. Ctrl + O Runs the command found in reverse


search (Ctrl + S and Ctrl + R)

4. Ctrl + N / Down Arrow Shows the next command line.

5. Ctrl + P / Up Arrow Shows the previous command line.

6. Ctrl + R Searches the history backward from the


current line.

7. Ctrl + _ Undo the last action.

8. Alt + P Searches the history forward from the


current line.

9. !! Runs the previous command.

10. !* Runs the previous command excluding its


initial word.

11. !*:b Shows anything ending with :b

12. !b Runs the recent command that starts with


b.

13. !b:p Shows the b command and put it in


history.

14. !$ / Alt + . Shows the last argument of the latest


command.

15. !$:b Shows any word that “!&” replaces.

16. !^ Replaces the initial argument of the


previous command in the present one.
17. ^pqr^xyz Replaces pqr with xyz in the last
command.

18. !n:m Runs arguments within a range.

19. !n Executes nth command from the bash


history.

20. !n:b Prints the previous command starting with


b.

21. !n:$ Repeats arguments from nth to the last


command.

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