On a standard Ubuntu install: If you press ^R after already typing part of what ...

		zo1 on March 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Sensible Bash: An attempt at saner Bash d... On a standard Ubuntu install: If you press ^R after already typing part of what you're searching for, and then press a key (space, or more of the command you're searching for), then it'll switch to the history-search mode with that value pre-filled in.