Zsh Plugin: History

Description

Enhanced history management providing convenient aliases and functions for searching, viewing, and managing command history.
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Essential Commands

• h - Display command history (alias for history)
• hl - Display history with less pager
• hs [searchterm] - Search history with grep (case-sensitive)
• hsi [searchterm] - Search history with grep (case-insensitive)

Advanced Commands

• Up/Down arrows - Navigate through history
• Ctrl+R - Reverse history search
• Type command + Up - Search for commands starting with typed text
• history -c - Clear current session history
• history -d [line_number] - Delete specific history line

Usage Examples

# Search command history
hs docker            # Find all docker commands
hsi GIT             # Case-insensitive search for git
hl                  # Browse history with pager
 
# Interactive workflows
# Type "git push" + Up arrow → cycle through git push variations
# Type "ssh" + Up → find recent SSH connections
# Ctrl+R → interactive reverse search
 
# History management
history | grep password  # Find sensitive commands
history -d 1234         # Delete specific line