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[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Let me tell you that you can also add comments to your terminal commands and use them to search history using fzf. This might sound confusing but basically you do this:

commandwithweirdoptions --option1=value1 --option2=value2 # run the usual thing

Then you press Ctrl+R and type anything like «the thing», it uses fuzzy matching and finds the command in history, with a menu of other similar commands. Press enter, done.

Note that you need to have fzf installed, otherwise there is no fuzzy matching and no menu of matching history results.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Seems to work with [Ctrl]+[R] as well, though of course only with exact matches.

[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure, just as I said, this would work id you don't need menu or fuzzy matching. But I would recommend using fzf history search anyway, it's just too good.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 11 months ago

M-hm, I will try it as well! I was just letting people know the comment trick works regardless, cause that's a nice tip as well!

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've never understood prompt decoration like this.

How.
Does.
Punctuating.
Every.
Statement.
Increase.
Readability.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It makes my eyes bleed.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 11 months ago

You meant the PS1 prompt?

I just use one of the default oh-my-zsh themes that makes a clear line, so I can easily find the last line above a long output, for example when trying to read it back chronologically. With other PS1's I often scroll over it without noticing.