▲ 60 ▼ What helps people get comfortable on the command line? (jvns.ca) submitted 3 years ago by sizeoftheuniverse@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] axzxc1236@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (4 children) I am using ZSH, that function that allows you to type part of the command and then do UP key to find previous command starts with same prefix is killer function for me. (I don't know if this function is added by oh-my-zsh or not.) permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Mikina@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago ZSH is amazing. I'm unfortunately mostly stuck on Windows, and I didn't find any similar alternative for win shell, but ever since I tried the ZSH configuration that's default in Kali Linux, I've been hooked on ZSH. permalink fedilink source parent [–] philluminati@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bash has Ctrl+R which is a similar feature. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cd_slash_rmrf@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago zsh has ctrl-r as well; this feature is specifically for beginning-of-match and some find it a bit more ergonomic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] learnbyexample@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You can do it in Bash as well. Put this in .inputrc: "\e[A":history-substring-search-backward "\e[B":history-substring-search-forward # or, if you want to search only from the start of the command "\e[A": history-search-backward "\e[B": history-search-forward permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago TIL. I wish I knew all the features of ZSH. Just the git shortcuts are amazing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mikina@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago ZSH is amazing. I'm unfortunately mostly stuck on Windows, and I didn't find any similar alternative for win shell, but ever since I tried the ZSH configuration that's default in Kali Linux, I've been hooked on ZSH. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] philluminati@programming.dev 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Bash has Ctrl+R which is a similar feature. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] cd_slash_rmrf@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago zsh has ctrl-r as well; this feature is specifically for beginning-of-match and some find it a bit more ergonomic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cd_slash_rmrf@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago zsh has ctrl-r as well; this feature is specifically for beginning-of-match and some find it a bit more ergonomic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] learnbyexample@programming.dev 3 points 3 years ago You can do it in Bash as well. Put this in .inputrc: "\e[A":history-substring-search-backward "\e[B":history-substring-search-forward # or, if you want to search only from the start of the command "\e[A": history-search-backward "\e[B": history-search-forward permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 years ago TIL. I wish I knew all the features of ZSH. Just the git shortcuts are amazing permalink fedilink source parent