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| Bash History Cheat Sheet |
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| Created by Peter Krumins (peter@catonmat.net, @pkrumins on twitter) |
| www.catonmat.net -- good coders code, great coders reuse |
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| Released under the GNU Free Document License |
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===================== Emacs Keyboard Shortcut Summary =====================
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| Shortcut | Description |
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| C-p | Fetch the previous command from the history list. |
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| C-n | Fetch the next command from the history list. |
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| M-< | Move to the first line in the history. |
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| M-> | Move to the end of the input history. |
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| C-r | Search backward starting at the current line (incremental) |
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| C-s | Search forward starting at the current line (incremental). |
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| M-p | Search backward using non-incremental search. |
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| M-n | Search forward using non-incremental search |
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======================= Vi Keyboard Shortcut Summary ======================
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| Shortcut | Description |
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| k | Fetch the previous command from the history list. |
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| j | Fetch the next command from the history list. |
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| /string or | Search history backward for a command matching string. |
| CTRL-r | |
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| ?string or | Search history forward for a command matching string. |
| CTRL-s | (Note that on most machines Ctrl-s STOPS the terminal |
| | output, change it with `stty' (Ctrl-q to resume)). |
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| n | Repeat search in the same direction as previous. |
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| N | Repeat search in the opposite direction as previous. |
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| G | Move to history line N (for example, 15G). |
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======================== History Expansion Summary ========================
Event Designators:
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| Designator | Description |
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| ! | Start a history substitution. |
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| !! | Refer to the last command. |
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| !n | Refer to the n-th command line (try `history' command). |
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| !-n | Refer to the current command line minus n. |
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| !string | Refer to the most recent command starting with 'string'. |
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| !?string? | Refer to the most recent command containing 'string'. |
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| ^str1^str2^ | Quick substitution. Repeat the last command, replacing |
| | 'str1' with 'str2'. |
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| !# | Refer to the entire command line typed so far. |
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Word Designators:
(Word designators follow the event designators, separated by a collon ':')
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| Designator | Description |
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| 0 | The zeroth (first) word in a line (usually command name). |
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| n | The n-th word in a line. |
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| ^ | The first argument (the second word) in a line. |
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| $ | The last argument in a line. |
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| % | The word matched by the most recent string search. |
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| x-y | A range of words from x to y (-y is synonymous with 0-y). |
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| * | All words but the zeroth (synonymous with 1-$). |
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| x* | Synonymous with x-$ |
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| x- | The words from x to the second to last word. |
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Modifiers (modifiers follow word designators, separated by a colon):
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| Modifier | Description |
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| h | Remove a trailing pathname component, leaving the head. |
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| t | Remove all leading pathname component, leaving the tail. |
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| r | Remove a trailing suffix of the form .xxx, leaving the |
| | basename. |
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| e | Remove all but the trailing suffix. |
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| p | Print the resulting command but do not execute it. |
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| q | Quotes the substituted words, escaping further |
| | substitutions. |
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| x | Quotes the substituted words, breaking them into words at |
| | blanks and newlines. |
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| s/old/new/ | Substitutes 'new' for 'old'. |
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| & | Repeats the previous substitution. |
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| g | Causes s/old/new/ or & to be applied over the entire |
| | event line. |
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============ History Behavior Modification via Shell Variables ============
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| Shell Variable | Description |
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| HISTFILE | Controls where the history file gets saved. |
| | Set to /dev/null not to save the history. |
| | Default: ~/.bash_history |
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| HISTFILESIZE | Controls how many history commands to keep in HISTFILE |
| | Default: 500 |
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| HISTSIZE | Controls how many history commands to keep in the |
| | history list of current session. |
| | Default: 500 |
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| HISTIGNORE | Controls which commands to ignore and not save to the |
| | history list. The variable takes a list of |
| | colon separated values. Pattern & matches the previous |
| | history command. |
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============ History Behavior Modification via `shopt' Command ============
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| shopt Option | Description |
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| histappend | Setting the variable appends current session history to |
| | HISTFILE. Unsetting overwrites the file each time. |
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| histreedit | If set, puts a failed history substitution back on the |
| | command line for re-editing. |
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| histverify | If set, puts the command to be executed after a |
| | substitution on command line as if you had typed it. |
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shopt options can be set by a `shopt -s option' and
can be unset by a `shopt -u option'.
=============================== Examples ==================================
$ echo a b c d e (executes `echo ab c d e`)
a b c d e
$ echo !!:3-$ (executes `echo c d e`)
c d e
$ echo !-2:*:q (executes `echo 'a b c d e'`)
a b c d e
$ echo !-3:1:2:4:x (executes `echo 'a' 'b' 'd'`)
a b d
$ echo !-4:1-3:s/a/foo/:s/b/bar/:s/c/baz/ (executes `echo foo bar baz`)
foo bar baz
$ tar -xzf package-x.y.z.tgz
...
$ cd !-1:$:r (executes `cd package-x.y.z`)
package-x.y.z $
$ ls -a /tmp
file1 file2 file3 ...
$ ^-a^-l^ (executes `ls -l /tmp`)
-rw------- 1 user user file1
...
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| Created by Peter Krumins (peter@catonmat.net, @pkrumins on twitter) |
| www.catonmat.net -- good coders code, great coders reuse |
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