CODEWITHSUNDEEP
bashreadline
user17952975
user17952975

Reputation:

How jump/get into certain bash point of command history

How do we get into certain bash' line of command history by referring to its history line number, and then go normally up/down key to o next/previous history walking through ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 57

Answers (1)

chepner
chepner

Reputation: 531095

You can provide a numeric argument to the up key to specify how many commands to go up. Given a history like

...
100 echo 1
101 echo 2
102 echo 3
104 echo 4

up-arrow by itself gives you echo 4. But (using default emacs key bindings) you can specify type Alt-2 up-arrow (providing a numeric argument of 2 for the following command) to get echo 3 instead.

When you know the exact history number, use history expansion (!102) instead of up-arrow to navigate to the desired command.

Upvotes: 1

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