Command History in Far Manager

Far Manager has powerful suppport for command history. ConEmu author even suggests using Far Manager with panels turned off instead of standard command prompt.

Ctrl+E gives you previous command entered. You can press it multiple times to get older entries. Ctrl+X moves you forward in the history.

Press Alt+F8 to view command history in the list:

You can execute a command from the list by pressing Enter. If you want to edit a command press Ctrl+Enter.

All shortcuts available in command history list:

Enter Re-execute a command
Shift+Enter Re-execute a command in a new window
Ctrl+Alt+Enter Re-execute a command as administrator
Ctrl+Enter Copy a command to the command line
Del Clear the commands history
Ins Lock/unlock a history item
Shift+Del Delete the current history item
Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Ins Copy the text of the current command to clipboard

Another useful shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+F – it lets you to search in the list by filtering it down. This shortcut is totally non-obvious and not documented anywhere so I was happy when I discovered it. It also works in folder history (Alt+F12).

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