Install Linux Mint Cinnamon's polished Ctrl+R/"reverse-i-search" on Ubuntu?
In Zsh you can get something similar with Zsh Navigation Tools;
Once installed, hitting CTRL+R will bring up this GUI:
Typing a partial command will shrink the list:
Hitting ↑ and ↓ will allow to skim through the shrinked list and select a command:
Hittin ENTER will write the selected command to the prompt:
You can install Zsh Navigation Tools by running this command (it will backup your current ~/.zshrc
to ~/.zshrc.bak
if present):
cp ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.bak; sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/psprint/zsh-navigation-tools/master/doc/install.sh)"
Zsh Navigation Tools will be installed at ~/.config/znt/zsh-navigation-tools
and its configuration files will be installed at ~/.config/znt
.