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		codegladiator on April 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shell Productivity Tips and Tricks You can use ctrl+r for commands which are similar (say ssh to n number of servers, so the up/down would still take some amount of browsing the options) Just tag commands with a # at the end > $ complex command here # tagHere Later use the tag with ctrl+r I do this all the time > ssh 127.0.0.1 # master

asicsp on April 26, 2020 [–]

yep, ctrl+r is better suited for such cases or whenever you have to match a command other than starting characters

and I think there are some fuzzy matching options (like fzf) that can be added to ctrl+r

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