I'd like for the mac os terminal app to scroll through my command history the same way that it work in linux, if possible. Currently, if I push the up arrow in the terminal, it will scroll through each and every one of my recent commands even if the last 50 were the same exact command. On most linux systems I've used, this behavior will scroll backwards through command history, but most importanlty it will skip duplicate commands. Is this behavior possible in Mac OS X terminal app, or do I need to use a different terminal app? Thanks.
MacOS – How to set the Mac OS X terminal history to act like linux when using up/down arrows
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esc+. inserts the last argument by default.
iTerm can change just the other option key to meta:
Or if you change to the US layout, it doesn't have any ASCII characters under option.
For example \e7\e. normally inserts the seventh argument of the previous command, so there isn't really any way to get both.
Based on this question and answer the following should work:
Disable ~/.profile and ~/.bash:profile by renaming it:
mv ~/.bash_profile ~/off.bash_profile mv ~/.profile ~/off.profileCreate a new file ~/.bash_logout with the content shell_session_update
echo "shell_session_update" > ~/.bash_logout- Enter
killall Terminal Open Terminal and enable ~/.profile and ~/.bash_profile by renaming it:
mv ~/off.bash_profile ~/.bash_profile mv ~/off.profile ~/.profileEnter
killall Terminal- Open Terminal and check the behavior now. Remember to always enter
exitnow before closing a Terminal window or quitting Terminal.
Best Answer
Mark who commented on my questions above was correct. This is a bash setting. If you add the following to your
~/.bash_profilescript, you will get this behavior.You can also ignore any lines that start with a space:
Or do both, by using: