"In welcher Zeitschrift war der Artikel über die Bash nochmal?" Diese Frage begegnet Ihnen mit diesem Skript nicht mehr.

#!/bin/bash
# artikelsuche.sh - Ermöglich die Suche nach zuvor eingetippten Sichworten
# (c) by Ingo Blechschmidt,
# Die Jun 19 16:38:25 MEST 2001
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if [ "$1" = "--new" ]; then
  read -p "Geben Sie den Namen und Ausgabe der Zeitschrift an, gefolgt von
  einem Trennstrich und den Stichwörtern: "
  echo $REPLY >> ~/.artikelsuche.lst
elif [ "$*" ]; then
  grep "$*" ~/.artikelsuche.lst
else
  echo "$0: Syntax: $0 regexp
  $0 --new"
fi