The single most useful thing in bash (Example)Create ~/.inputrc and fill it with this: "\e[A": history-search-backward "\e[B": history-search-forward This allows you to search through your history using the up and down arrows … i.e. type "cd" and press the up arrow and you'll search through everything in your history that starts with "cd". It's a little bit like ctrl-r (mentioned in many of the comments below), but anchored to the start of th
