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I am new to Ubuntu. On Windows, for the command line, I have been using this great little CLI tool called Clink, which (https://mridgers.github.io/clink/), which remembers past commands and also suggests commands based on the commands available from your path. When writing a line, it shows in transparent letters the statement that you possibly want to write, and you can simply hit right arrow to complete it. This saves a lot of time. On Ubuntu, I just found the tab-completion (but without transparent suggestions) and of course hitting arrow up to scroll through past commands. But I am sure there must be something like clink installable for ubuntu, as well, right? What are your suggestions? Thanks!

user101893
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When on the command line enter ctrl+R then start typing your command and it will autocomplete using your command history. See more details here:

eli
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There is the "build-in" history search using Ctrl+R. Hit Ctrl+R, start typing part of the previous command, and it will search matches.

Fuzzy finder, fzf, provides such functionality, but on steroids. Type something, hit Ctrl+R and a list of matching commands will immediately be displayed, which you can select and execute when hitting Enter.

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Install fuzzy finder with the command sudo apt install fzf and add the line

source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/key-bindings.bash

to your ~/.bashrc file to enable integration with fzf.

To be complete here, you can also add

source /usr/share/doc/fzf/examples/completion.bash

to have a command autocomplete feature provided by fzf.

vanadium
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