Command History Search
Find a saved command by searching its text.
Availability
Partially implemented in stable. Read the limits below before relying on this workflow.
Reviewed against stable v0.5.1. Rust candidate additions are labeled separately. Release status.
The pain this solves
- Recovering a command from earlier Chau7 activity can be difficult without a text query.
What ships with it
- History Explorer queries Chau7's persistent command-history store.
- Displays up to 200 queried or recent entries.
- Does not replace Ctrl-R with fuzzy/frecency search or ingest every shell history file.
Questions this answers
- Can I search commands Chau7 has recorded?
- Does Chau7 replace Ctrl-R with a fuzzy history picker?
- Can I search my shell's complete history file?
How it works
The History Explorer loads recent records from Chau7's persistent history store. Entering a query asks that store to search command history and refreshes the displayed results.
The explorer caps its displayed query results at 200 records. The source does not implement the advertised frecency ranking or a fuzzy-search picker that replaces Ctrl-R.
This is Chau7's stored command history, not a promise to ingest and manage every pre-existing zsh, bash, or fish history-file entry.
Why it matters
A query over recorded command history can help recover a command from a Chau7 session. Keep the distinction between app history and a shell's full history file clear.
Frequently asked questions
Does it fuzzy-search and rank by frequency?
No. The stable History Explorer submits a text query to persistent history; frecency ranking is not implemented there.
Does Chau7 take over Ctrl-R?
The v0.5.1 source does not show a custom Ctrl-R history-search interface.
How many results does the explorer display?
The History Explorer requests up to 200 recent or query-matched records.