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I have history-search-backward mapped as PageUp.

When I type:

git push <PageUp><PageUp><PageUp>
  1. in Bash it begins to cycle through all history entries beginning with git push
  2. in Zsh it begins to cycle through all history entries beginning with git so it will list entries such git status, git remote update etc. This is not what I want.

How can I have zsh behave like bash? What setopt should I set?

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bindkey "^[[5~" history-beginning-search-backward

bindkey "^[[6~" history-beginning-search-forward

This is what I use

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If you want that the same functionality but with Up and Down arror, replace the binding key "^[[5~" to "^[[A" and "^[[6~" to "^[[B" – Millisami Apr 9 '12 at 7:54
zsh's history-beginning-search still have a subtle difference from bash(readline)'s history-search. readline's command is equivalent to history-backward/forward (and put the cursor at the end of the line) before u move the cursor in the line (which will make it turns into "history-beginning-search") while zsh's ones always put the cursor at the beginning of the line. Is there a easy way to change this behavior without writing a new widget? THX – yuyichao Aug 7 '12 at 17:28

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