ctrlr.sh

A shell script that replaces the default CTRL+r behavior in bash. It uses fzf to select a command from ~/.bash_history and insert the selected command into the prompt. It also copy the selected command to the clipboard, so you can paste it somewhere else.

Installation

1. Install fzf (your distro's packages repository probably has it available to install)
2. (optional) Install xclip or xsel (your distro probably has one of them already installed).
3. Copy the ctrlr.sh file to /usr/local/bin/ (you can copy it to another directory if you wish)
4. Make it executable: chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ctrlr.sh
5. Override the vanilla CTRL+r adding the following line to the end of your ~/.bashrc:

bind -x '"\C-r": "source /usr/local/bin/ctrlr.sh"'

6. Restart the terminal
7. Be happy

License

ctrlr.sh is released under the MIT License.