[PLUG] Saving terminal commands

[wes]

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Michael <michael at jamhome.us> wrote:

>
> wes wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 7:39 AM, Michael <michael at jamhome.us> wrote:
> >> asumming a history that includes:
> >>
> >>  482 less /long/path/to/some/other_file
> >>  502 less /long/path/to/some/viewed_file
> >>
> >> and has no other less commands.
> >>
> >> My irritation with ctrl+r is as I type command 502 comes up, I know it's
> >> not
> >> what I want, since I'm thinking of other_file.  What can one do to skip
> the
> >> current match and go to the next?
> >>
> >> I abandoned ctrl+r and started grepping history because of this PITA.
>
> > Hit CTRL+R again.
> >
> > 1. CTRL+R
> > 2. less
> > 3. CTRL+R (as many times as it takes to reach the particular "less"
> you're
> > looking for)
>
> Gah, it, ah, err, no.  NO.  It can't be that's TOO EASY.  What is this?
> Keep doing intuitive, easy to learn and remember stuff like that and the
> command line will lose its "I'm picky about my friends" functionality.
>
> Which is to say, Thank you.  That's just what I needed.
>
> --
>     Michael Rasmussen
>

yeah, tell that to john. I think the command line has a ways to go yet
before it starts looking "friendly" to anyone.

you are, of course, quite welcome. :)

-wes