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accept-line (Newline or Return) ¶Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is.
If this line is
non-empty, add it to the history list according to the setting of
the HISTCONTROL and HISTIGNORE variables.
If this line is a modified history line, then restore the history line
to its original state.
previous-history (C-p) ¶Move ‘back’ through the history list, fetching the previous command.
next-history (C-n) ¶Move ‘forward’ through the history list, fetching the next command.
beginning-of-history (M-<) ¶Move to the first line in the history.
end-of-history (M->) ¶Move to the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently being entered.
reverse-search-history (C-r) ¶Search backward starting at the current line and moving ‘up’ through the history as necessary. This is an incremental search. This command sets the region to the matched text and activates the mark.
forward-search-history (C-s) ¶Search forward starting at the current line and moving ‘down’ through the history as necessary. This is an incremental search. This command sets the region to the matched text and activates the mark.
non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p) ¶Search backward starting at the current line and moving ‘up’ through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search for a string supplied by the user. The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
non-incremental-forward-search-history (M-n) ¶Search forward starting at the current line and moving ‘down’ through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search for a string supplied by the user. The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
history-search-forward () ¶Search forward through the history for the string of characters between the start of the current line and the point. The search string must match at the beginning of a history line. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound.
history-search-backward () ¶Search backward through the history for the string of characters between the start of the current line and the point. The search string must match at the beginning of a history line. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound.
history-substring-search-forward () ¶Search forward through the history for the string of characters between the start of the current line and the point. The search string may match anywhere in a history line. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound.
history-substring-search-backward () ¶Search backward through the history for the string of characters between the start of the current line and the point. The search string may match anywhere in a history line. This is a non-incremental search. By default, this command is unbound.
yank-nth-arg (M-C-y) ¶Insert the first argument to the previous command (usually the second word on the previous line) at point. With an argument n, insert the nth word from the previous command (the words in the previous command begin with word 0). A negative argument inserts the nth word from the end of the previous command. Once the argument n is computed, the argument is extracted as if the ‘!n’ history expansion had been specified.
yank-last-arg (M-. or M-_) ¶Insert last argument to the previous command (the last word of the
previous history entry).
With a numeric argument, behave exactly like yank-nth-arg.
Successive calls to yank-last-arg move back through the history
list, inserting the last word (or the word specified by the argument to
the first call) of each line in turn.
Any numeric argument supplied to these successive calls determines
the direction to move through the history. A negative argument switches
the direction through the history (back or forward).
The history expansion facilities are used to extract the last argument,
as if the ‘!$’ history expansion had been specified.
operate-and-get-next (C-o) ¶Accept the current line for return to the calling application as if a newline had been entered, and fetch the next line relative to the current line from the history for editing. A numeric argument, if supplied, specifies the history entry to use instead of the current line.
fetch-history () ¶With a numeric argument, fetch that entry from the history list and make it the current line. Without an argument, move back to the first entry in the history list.
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