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fzf Shell Completion and Key Bindings/CTRL-R history search

Search shell history interactively.

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Section: Shell key bindings

CTRL-R history search

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# Press CTRL-R in an fzf-enabled shell
Explanation

This is often one of the most-used shell integrations because it makes command recall much faster.

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