History Search (Ctrl+r) sometimes only allows me to search for 2 characters
History Search (Ctrl+r) sometimes only allows me to search for 2 characters
When this happens i need to close the tab and create a new one....I wish i knew what i was doing wrong to cause this to happen so i don't have to close and reopen tabs. Can anyone tell me?
- Ctrl+r
- Enter sudo
- But it stops at the first 2 characters:
(reverse-i-search)`su': sudo su username
bash command-history
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
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History Search (Ctrl+r) sometimes only allows me to search for 2 characters
When this happens i need to close the tab and create a new one....I wish i knew what i was doing wrong to cause this to happen so i don't have to close and reopen tabs. Can anyone tell me?
- Ctrl+r
- Enter sudo
- But it stops at the first 2 characters:
(reverse-i-search)`su': sudo su username
bash command-history
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
add a comment |
History Search (Ctrl+r) sometimes only allows me to search for 2 characters
When this happens i need to close the tab and create a new one....I wish i knew what i was doing wrong to cause this to happen so i don't have to close and reopen tabs. Can anyone tell me?
- Ctrl+r
- Enter sudo
- But it stops at the first 2 characters:
(reverse-i-search)`su': sudo su username
bash command-history
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
History Search (Ctrl+r) sometimes only allows me to search for 2 characters
When this happens i need to close the tab and create a new one....I wish i knew what i was doing wrong to cause this to happen so i don't have to close and reopen tabs. Can anyone tell me?
- Ctrl+r
- Enter sudo
- But it stops at the first 2 characters:
(reverse-i-search)`su': sudo su username
bash command-history
bash command-history
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
edited Jun 29 '17 at 23:25
Gilles
531k12810631591
531k12810631591
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
asked Jun 28 '17 at 18:53
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
1767
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That means that it was unable to find any command entries beyond those 2 characters. For example, if you type cd, it will return the latest cd command:
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
if you type cdr and it doesn't find any matching commands, it will ignore and omit the last character(s) and display what it was able to find
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
edited Jan 5 at 15:32
Jeff Schaller
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answered Jun 28 '17 at 19:02
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That means that it was unable to find any command entries beyond those 2 characters. For example, if you type cd, it will return the latest cd command:
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
if you type cdr and it doesn't find any matching commands, it will ignore and omit the last character(s) and display what it was able to find
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
edited Jan 5 at 15:32
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answered Jun 28 '17 at 19:02
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That means that it was unable to find any command entries beyond those 2 characters. For example, if you type cd, it will return the latest cd command:
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
if you type cdr and it doesn't find any matching commands, it will ignore and omit the last character(s) and display what it was able to find
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
edited Jan 5 at 15:32
Jeff Schaller
39.3k1054125
answered Jun 28 '17 at 19:02
Tim BolandTim Boland
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That means that it was unable to find any command entries beyond those 2 characters. For example, if you type cd, it will return the latest cd command:
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
if you type cdr and it doesn't find any matching commands, it will ignore and omit the last character(s) and display what it was able to find
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
edited Jan 5 at 15:32
Jeff Schaller
39.3k1054125
answered Jun 28 '17 at 19:02
Tim BolandTim Boland
1767
That means that it was unable to find any command entries beyond those 2 characters. For example, if you type cd, it will return the latest cd command:
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
if you type cdr and it doesn't find any matching commands, it will ignore and omit the last character(s) and display what it was able to find
(reverse-i-search)`cd': cd $HOME
edited Jan 5 at 15:32
Jeff Schaller
39.3k1054125
answered Jun 28 '17 at 19:02
Tim BolandTim Boland
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