If you put this in your `~/.inputrc` [1]:

    "\e[A": history-search-backward
    "\e[B": history-search-forward
    "\e[C": forward-char
    "\e[D": backward-char
  

you can start typing a previous command and go up through your history for all commands starting with whatever you currently have typed into the bash shell. Reset the scrolling through the history with `ctrl+c`.

Personally, I hate that powershell remembers your position in the shell history. I don't want to maintain a mental model of the shell history rollodex and where I am in it. That's one less part of my brain that I can't use for thinking about the code. If I have a set of commands to type over and over:

    history 20 | head -10 | sed -r 's/^ *[0-9]+ *//g;' > new_script.bash

* [1] http://codeinthehole.com/writing/the-most-important-command-...