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UPARROW [ ESC-k ]
Retrieve the previous command line. If you first enter some text and then press
UPARROW, it will retrieve the previous command which begins with that text.
This does not work for me. up and down arrows as well as ESC-k or j only scroll the text up and down
Funny thing is, few weeks ago, all of a sudden it worked at a moment that I didn't want it to. Alas, I have no idea how I inadvertently managed to that. I tried several old installs of mint on the standard terminal emulation and in a native terminal. All have the same behaviour.
I am now at a point that I really need this retrieve function, so if anyone has a hint, I'd be much much obliged.