command history

[mwild]

hi everybody

this is my first post, and i'm not sure whether it even belongs here...

is it the shell which handles the command history? if so, here my 
feature request: it would be very convenient, to be able and narrow down 
the search in the command history by typing a few characters, instead of 
having to scroll through the whole thing.

or is it already there, without me knowing how to switch it on?



michael