15 Примеров к мастерству Linux: Command Line History

1. Посмотреть список всех команд в хистори

# history | more

2.  Поиск поистории используя Control+R

# [Press Ctrl+R from the command prompt,
which will display the reverse-i-search prompt]
(reverse-i-search)`red': cat /etc/redhat-release
[Note: Press enter when you see your command,
which will execute the command from the history]
# cat /etc/redhat-release

5. Execute previous command that starts with a specific word

# !ps
ps aux | grep yp
root     16947  0.0  0.1  36516  1264 ?        Sl   13:10   0:00 ypbind
root     17503  0.0  0.0   4124   740 pts/0    S+   19:19   0:00 grep yp

Полный список:
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/08/15-examples-to-master-linux-command-line-history/