Install Linux Mint Cinnamon's polished Ctrl+R/"reverse-i-search" on Ubuntu?

Solution 1:

In Zsh you can get something similar with Zsh Navigation Tools;

Once installed, hitting CTRL+R will bring up this GUI:

Typing a partial command will shrink the list:

Hitting ↑ and ↓ will allow to skim through the shrinked list and select a command:

Hittin ENTER will write the selected command to the prompt:

You can install Zsh Navigation Tools by running this command (it will backup your current ~/.zshrc to ~/.zshrc.bak if present):

cp ~/.zshrc ~/.zshrc.bak; sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/psprint/zsh-navigation-tools/master/doc/install.sh)"

Zsh Navigation Tools will be installed at ~/.config/znt/zsh-navigation-tools and its configuration files will be installed at ~/.config/znt.

Solution 2:

I've found something similar for Bash / Zsh: hstr;

Once installed, hitting CTRL+R should bring up this GUI:

To install it:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ultradvorka/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hh

I'm unable to test it personally as I'm on Wily and there are no packages for Wily on the repository yet, however there are packages available for Precise up to Vidid.