MySQL reverse-i-search

Question

In mysql client (command line), I used to be able to press Ctrl+R to do a reverse incremental search, similarly you can do that in linux console. For some reason this does n

Answer 1

MySQL 5.6 is built with the editline library, instead of the readline library used in earlier releases of MySQL. So the default key bindings might be a little bit different than you are used to.

Ctrl+R should still be bound to em-inc-search-prev by default. It works fine in my environment.

See also: Bug #60465 MySQL-5.5 readline (editline) -- CTRL-R does not work

The key binding can be set via the ~/.editrc file by adding the following line: "bind "^R" em-inc-search-prev". See man editrc for more details.

And make sure your version of MySQL is not affected by Bug #49967 built-in libedit doesn't read .editrc on linux

If you want to see the current editline key bindings, temporarily add this line to the end of your $HOME/.editrc:

bind

Then start the mysql client. It will output the full set of key bindings currently recognized.