Up Arrow or Ctrl+P : Go to the previous command Down Arrow or Ctrl+N : Go to the next command Alt+R : Revert any changes Bash also has a special “recall” mode you can use to search for commands you’ve previously run, rather than scrolling through them one by one. Ctrl+R : Recall the last command matching the characters Ctrl+O : Run the command you found with Ctrl+R. Ctrl+G : Leave the history searching mode without running a command. search forwards stty -ixon