Previewing a command from the history list

You can search for and preview a command from the history list without having to re-run it.

You can also list commands from the history list using the fc (fix command) command. 


To...                                                Do this

                                                     EMACS


Preview previous command in this list                ^P

Preview next command in the list                     ^N

Search backward up the command history               ^Rstring

Search forward down the command history              ^Sstring
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