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zsh-history-substring-search

brew install zsh-history-substring-search v1.1.0 BSD-3-Clause

Zsh port of Fish shell's history search

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To activate the history search, add the following at the end of your .zshrc:

  source $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/zsh-history-substring-search/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh

You will also need to restart your terminal for this change to take effect.
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