Enhanced Bash
Jan 31, 2009, 19:02 (0 Talkback[s])
"The main features you achieve by enabling "Enhanced Bash"
are:
"1. Easily match previously typed commands from partial input.
Doing this is as easy as typing the beginning of the command and
hitting page up/down to scroll through history.
"2. Share history between terminals: When you close a terminal
you don’t lose the command history.
"3. Let grep highlight matched words with a different color.
Very useful.
"To enable these features, open your ~/.inputrc file and type
this:"
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