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General Bash-ery
Command Line Search
Use Ctrl-r to reverse search command history and Ctrl+s to forward search
stty -ixon # enabled forward search with Ctrl+s by disabling XON/XOFF flow control
Command Line Editing
export EDITOR=/bin/vi
to make vi the default editorCtrl+x+e
to edit current command in default text editor.- Opens the current command line in the default editor. For
vi
you can exit with:cq
to cancel the command. fc
, fixed command opens the last command in the editor