Previewing a command from the history list

You can preview a command from the history list without having to re-run it. You can then edit the command line to modify the command. 


To...                                        Do this...



Preview previous command in the list         ^P

Preview next command in	the list             ^N

Preview command number n                     !n:p

Preview most recent command starting with    !string:p
characters in string
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