Emulating tcsh history-search in bash

[arapaima]

I'm really comfortable with the way tcsh is able to handle backward and forward searches in command history.
Is there a way of emulate this using the bash shell? I don't like the behavior of ^R.

This is how I use it in tcsh

bindkey -k up history-search-backward
bindkey -k down history-search-forward

 

[AlexJ]

Is there a way of emulate this using the bash shell? I don't like the behavior of ^R.

Drop it

bind '"\e[A": history-search-backward'
bind '"\e[B": history-search-forward'

to the bash_profile or the same without bind to the .inputrc in home user's directory.

 

[arapaima]

"emulate" in this case should be interpreted as "want same behavior"
bind did it. Thanks!

 

[SirDice]

Most linux boxes also have tcsh(1), I usually just switch my shell to that

 

[UNIXgod]

The Z Shell can emulate csh. Actually it may emulate bash now. Crazy

http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/zsh/emulation.html