BASH History Suggest Box

A command line utility that brings improved BASH command completion from the history. It aims to make completion easier and faster than Ctrl-R.

https://github.com/dvorka/hstr/releases

• download distribution, expand it and install hh:

  ./configure && make && make install

• Configure hh as described below.

• install hh on Ubuntu:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ultradvorka/ppa

  sudo apt-get update

  sudo apt-get install hh

• add

  shopt -s histappend

  export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -n; ${PROMPT_COMMAND}"

  at the end of .bashrc in order to ensure that BASH history of commands will be kept in sync with filesystem.

• bind hh to a BASH key by adding a line to .bashrc, e.g. Ctrl-R:

  bind '"\C-r": "\C-k\C-uhh\C-j"'

  or Ctrl-F12:

  bind '"\e[24;5~":"\C-k\C-uhh\C-j"'

  To determine the character sequence emitted by a pressed key in terminal, type CTRL-v and then press the key. To clear the line first, add \C-k \C-u in front of the actual command. Check your current bindings using:

  bind -S

https://github.com/dvorka/hstr/issues