GNU Emacs Manual
AC.15.4.2 Shell History Copying
- C-c C-p
- Move point to the previous prompt (
comint-previous-prompt).
- C-c C-n
- Move point to the following prompt (
comint-next-prompt).
- C-c RET
- Copy the input command which point is in, inserting the copy at the end
of the buffer (
comint-copy-old-input). This is useful if you
move point back to a previous command. After you copy the command, you
can submit the copy as input with RET. If you wish, you can
edit the copy before resubmitting it.
Moving to a previous input and then copying it with C-c
RET produces the same results--the same buffer contents--that
you would get by using M-p enough times to fetch that previous
input from the history list. However, C-c RET copies the
text from the buffer, which can be different from what is in the history
list if you edit the input text in the buffer after it has been sent.
