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basic Tip #45: Using command-line history

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created:   March 12, 2001 9:27      complexity:   basic
author:   Anonymous      as of Vim:   5.7

You can recall previous command lines from a history table by hitting
the <Up> and <Down> cursor keys in command-line mode.
For example, this can be used to find the previous substitute command:
Type ":s" and then <Up>.

There are separate history tables for the ':' commands and for
previous '/' or '?' search strings.

To display the history of last entered commands or search strings,
use the :his[tory] command:

:his       -      Display command-line history.

:his s     -      Display search string history.

  
For a detailed description of the command-line history refer to:

:help cmdline-history

See also:

:help Cmdline-mode

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