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Patrick
Patrick

Reputation: 2719

unix shell: reverse search problem

I want to do a reverse search in unix shell. The Ctrl-R gives me the opportunity to specify the search string. The problem is that the command does not give me "enough time" to specify the string. Example: I want to reverse-search for "global". I enter the characters but as soon as I enter the 'g', it returns a result.

How can I specify a string of arbitrary length?

Thanks you, Patrick

Upvotes: 0

Views: 811

Answers (3)

geekosaur
geekosaur

Reputation: 61449

Just keep typing. It's doing an "incremental search", meaning it will keep refining its search as you type.

Upvotes: 0

Billy Moon
Billy Moon

Reputation: 58601

from: http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/courses/FurtherUse/index.html

This is incremental searching; as you type each letter the most recent matching command (being displayed) may suddenly change. The shell will beep if you type something that causes the search to fail.

Upvotes: 0

Ernest Friedman-Hill
Ernest Friedman-Hill

Reputation: 81724

If you're talking about bash (for example) just keep typing -- the result updates as you type.

Upvotes: 1

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