I recently discovered that, in a terminal, Ctrl-i is the same as Tab (which is very useful on my phone, where there are no arrow keys nor tab).
On a normal terminal pressing the up key navigates the history.
Is there another way to recall the last command?
2 Answers
You could, if it helps type !-1 which would be the last command you typed.
If you wanted the second last you typed then !-2 and as the man history says:
Event Designators
An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the history list.
Unless the reference is absolute, events are relative to the current position in
the history list. ! Start a history substitution, except when followed by a blank, newline, = or (. !n Refer to command line n. !-n Refer to the current command minus n. !! Refer to the previous command. This is a synonym for `!-1'. !string Refer to the most recent command preceding the current position in the history list starting with string. !?string[?] Refer to the most recent command preceding the current postition in the history list containing string. The trailing ? may be omitted if string is followed immediately by a newline. ^string1^string2^ Quick substitution. Repeat the last command, replacing string1 with string2. Equivalent to ``!!:s/string1/string2/'' (see Mod‐ ifiers below). !# The entire command line typed so far.You can also use CTRL+P to go back one history command at a time.
Use CTRL+N to go forward one history command at a time.
Ctrl + p to move backwards in the command history
Ctrl + n to move forward in the command history
(Somewhere I read that it is with the Alt key, but Ctrl is what works for me)
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