Rash Advances Shell History

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3 pointsinfodroid3 comments

A tool whose goal is efficiency shouldn't have verbose syntax like "rash search --cwd . --include-pattern "test" --include-pattern "tox*". By the time I type that I could have found it via other means.

For example I have a one-letter alias that greps the history file. Typing "h tox" is much faster. Scrolling through a long list is easy.

A bit unfair IMO as this tool allows you to query results you will not be able obtain from grepping the history file.

Also, you should know it is straightforward set up aliases and functions that use rash:

h(){ rash search "$@"; }

Sounds problematic if your sqlite database gets corrupted. Kinda doesn't use the whole UNIX philosophy thing.

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