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1. 
   Andrew Chernin

   November 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
   

   Great advice, but how do I get out of this mode without submitting the command?

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2. 
   T4L

   November 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
   

   @Andrew: Ctrl+C does it for me. Esc also works.

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3. 
   Mick Pollard

   November 26th, 2008 at 10:29 am
   

   I use this alot along with tagging the things in bash_history.
   Once you tag the frequently used lines of your ~/.bash_history you then just ‘ctrl-r’ #tag ‘enter’

   See http://tinyurl.com/5angra for more info.

   _lunix_

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4. 
   T4L

   November 26th, 2008 at 10:40 am
   

   Wow. I didn’t know you can actually tag things in bash_history. Thanks for the tip.

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5. 
   nikolko

   December 22nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
   

   but who knows how to “jump” between lines, which contains string after ctrl+r? If I type just ctrl+r and “word”, only the first occurrence will be shown. But in case I need second? pressing up arrow will bring me out of this “word” I type and just show the preceding command of that containing my “word”.

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6. 
   Mick Pollard

   January 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
   

   @nikolko Just press ctrl+r again. Once for each other command it can find within your history.

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