Why Create a New Unix Shell?

Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by mindcrime on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:17PM (#16278060)

The feature I use the most is automatic history search by typing part of a command and hitting UP to search the history.

Doesn't bash have that same feature? Or is there some subtle difference between what you're describing and what bash does?

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Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by ake1 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:55PM (#16278313)

UP in bash swaps the commandline to your previous command, it does not search in your history. either way, please don't move your fingers all the way to your arrow keys for this.

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Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by mindcrime on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @08:55PM (#16279186)

I guess I'm still missing something here. In bash you can type the first couple of characters of a command and the PGUP (or whatever key you map for this) and it searches backwards through your history for matching commands. What does fish do differently?

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