How do you get your recent vi command history to show up? I keep randomly getting like my previous 5 commands and can't figure out how I'm doing it. I think it has something to do with the shift key and another button. I know you can use the up and down arrows, but I know there's a way to see the recent commands.

The up and down arrow keys show you're last command

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_command-line_history

How do you get your recent vi command history to show up? I keep randomly getting like my previous 5 commands and can't figure out how I'm doing it. I think it has something to do with the shift key and another button. I know you can use the up and down arrows, but I know there's a way to see the recent commands.

I want the recent commands.

q: ? Sorry missed the arrows part the first time q colon does a little menu maybe you did that instead of :q

q: ? Sorry missed the arrows part the first time q colon does a little menu maybe you did that instead of :q

Correct :). Thx for figuring that out.

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