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Old 02-24-2010
vi recent command history
How do you get your recent vi command history to show up? I keep randomly getting like my previous 5 commands and can't figure out how I'm doing it. I think it has something to do with the shift key and another button.
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Old 02-24-2010
try the following:

<ESC>: (Hit Escape key, then colon key)

then

use up-down arrows to recall previous commands
# 3  
Old 02-24-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by pchang
try the following:

<ESC>: (Hit Escape key, then colon key)

then

use up-down arrows to recall previous commands
I know that. I wanna know how I keep on getting that list to appear.
# 4  
Old 02-25-2010
MySQL use this
use the following,

:history

- It will give you the command history.
# 5  
Old 02-25-2010
You can also get the history of the command list inside vim by using the following.

Go to Escape mode by pressing ESC key.Then,press q and followed by colon.It will also give the history.
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Old 02-25-2010
For your additional information the file .viminfo will contain the commands that you have executed inside vim and as well as additional information.
This file will be there under your home directory.
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Old 02-26-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by vivekraj
You can also get the history of the command list inside vim by using the following.

Go to Escape mode by pressing ESC key.Then,press q and followed by colon.It will also give the history.

Exactly Smilie. Thx for that. It was driving me crazy that I couldn't figure it out.
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