screen: History
12.5 History
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-- Command: history
('C-a {', 'C-a }')
Usually users work with a shell that allows easy access to previous
commands. For example, 'csh' has the command '!!' to repeat the
last command executed. 'screen' provides a primitive way of
recalling "the command that started ...": You just type the first
letter of that command, then hit 'C-a {' and 'screen' tries to find
a previous line that matches with the prompt character to the left
of the cursor. This line is pasted into this window's input queue.
Thus you have a crude command history (made up by the visible
window and its scrollback buffer).
Info Catalog
screen: Screen Exchange
screen: Copy and Paste