There is a feature in termux (android) history command which when you use !371 to execute the command 371 in the command history it prints that command in the prompt instead of executing it, then you just press enter to execute it. I found it very useful because many times I want to execute a command that is in the history but with some modification, I’m using Konsole in my desktop PC and I couldn’t find an option to make such a thing. The only one I found is executing history -p !371, but that just print the command to stdout and not to the prompt itself.

EDIT: the answer is !371:p then up and the command 371 shows up in the prompt. Thanks Schizo!

  • eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    i have a need for something like this too; but i’ve been making due with crtl+r and that’s been good enough to prevent me from taking action on it.

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      45 minutes ago

      One option is Atuin which you can also use with a server connection (self-hosted or not) to sync bash history across computers.

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        5 minutes ago

        It’s so much better when other people build the things I need because they actually get done instead of just making due w an inferior alternative. Lol

        thank you for making me aware of it.

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      1 day ago

      I didn’t know that, it’s not what I was asking but it’s a cool command, thanks.