Searching previous command history with PageUp in 14.04
Solution 1:
Try this in ~/.inputrc
"\e[5~": history-search-backward
"\e[6~": history-search-forward
and reopen terminal.
Solution 2:
\e[A and \e[B are actually the Up and Down arrow keys. To test what a key is, run cat and then press the key:
$ cat
^[[A
^[[B
^[[5~
^[[6~
Those are ↑, ↓, Page Up and Page Down respectively. The ^[ stands for Esc, or \e in terms of .inputrc.
So, if you added \e[A and \e[B, you should be able to browse history using arrow keys. For Page Up and Page Down, use \e[5~ and \e[6~.