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What do you mean by "history wrap around"? History is in a file, normally $HOME/.bash_history, and has a first command and a last command.
Do you mean a command that goes back in history and, when it reaches the first line, goes to the last?
By default, history viewing and editing uses emacs commands. Try to find what you want in the emacs manual. You can also use vi as the history editor (set -o vi).
However, I doubt that either emacs or vi have cursor movement commands that wrap around.
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However, I doubt that either emacs or vi have cursor movement commands that wrap around.
Normally, "^r" (reverse search) at the command line will search backwards in the history file for a given command/string. In Emacs itself, "^r" will wrap around when reaching the beginning of the file and resume searching at the end. However, it does not wrap around the beginning/end of the command line history---at least it doesn't the way my environment is set up.
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