diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e25d8d9..0664a8f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.1.5
+1.1.6
diff --git a/cmd/collect/main.go b/cmd/collect/main.go
index 64ff6c8..55235a8 100644
--- a/cmd/collect/main.go
+++ b/cmd/collect/main.go
@@ -35,21 +35,28 @@ func main() {
 	if _, err := toml.DecodeFile(configPath, &config); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Error reading config:", err)
 	}
+	// recall command
 	recall := flag.Bool("recall", false, "Recall command on position --histno")
 	recallHistno := flag.Int("histno", 0, "Recall command on position --histno")
+	recallPrefix := flag.String("prefix-search", "", "Recall command based on prefix --prefix-search")
 
+	// version
 	showVersion := flag.Bool("version", false, "Show version and exit")
 	showRevision := flag.Bool("revision", false, "Show git revision and exit")
 
 	requireVersion := flag.String("requireVersion", "", "abort if version doesn't match")
 	requireRevision := flag.String("requireRevision", "", "abort if revision doesn't match")
 
+	// core
 	cmdLine := flag.String("cmdLine", "", "command line")
 	exitCode := flag.Int("exitCode", -1, "exit code")
 	shell := flag.String("shell", "", "actual shell")
 	uname := flag.String("uname", "", "uname")
 	sessionID := flag.String("sessionId", "", "resh generated session id")
 
+	// recall metadata
+	recallActions := flag.String("recall-actions", "", "recall actions that took place before executing the command")
+
 	// posix variables
 	cols := flag.String("cols", "-1", "$COLUMNS")
 	lines := flag.String("lines", "-1", "$LINES")
@@ -121,6 +128,11 @@ func main() {
 		log.Println("Option '--recall' only works with '--histno' option - exiting!")
 		os.Exit(4)
 	}
+	if *recallPrefix != "" && *recall == false {
+		log.Println("Option '--prefix-search' only works with '--recall' option - exiting!")
+		os.Exit(4)
+	}
+
 	realtimeBefore, err := strconv.ParseFloat(*rtb, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Flag Parsing error (rtb):", err)
@@ -150,15 +162,15 @@ func main() {
 		*gitRemote = ""
 	}
 
-	if *osReleaseID == "" {
-		*osReleaseID = "linux"
-	}
-	if *osReleaseName == "" {
-		*osReleaseName = "Linux"
-	}
-	if *osReleasePrettyName == "" {
-		*osReleasePrettyName = "Linux"
-	}
+	// if *osReleaseID == "" {
+	// 	*osReleaseID = "linux"
+	// }
+	// if *osReleaseName == "" {
+	// 	*osReleaseName = "Linux"
+	// }
+	// if *osReleasePrettyName == "" {
+	// 	*osReleasePrettyName = "Linux"
+	// }
 
 	rec := records.Record{
 		// posix
@@ -219,6 +231,9 @@ func main() {
 			ReshUUID:     collect.ReadFileContent(reshUUIDPath),
 			ReshVersion:  Version,
 			ReshRevision: Revision,
+
+			RecallActions: []string{*recallActions},
+			RecallPrefix:  *recallPrefix,
 		},
 	}
 	if *recall {
diff --git a/cmd/daemon/recall.go b/cmd/daemon/recall.go
index d9ba682..7c5efeb 100644
--- a/cmd/daemon/recall.go
+++ b/cmd/daemon/recall.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func (h *recallHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		log.Println("Payload:", jsn)
 		return
 	}
-	cmd, err := h.sesshistDispatch.Recall(rec.SessionID, rec.RecallHistno)
+	cmd, err := h.sesshistDispatch.Recall(rec.SessionID, rec.RecallHistno, rec.RecallPrefix)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("/recall - sess id:", rec.SessionID, " - histno:", rec.RecallHistno, " -> ERROR")
 		log.Println("Recall error:", err)
diff --git a/pkg/records/records.go b/pkg/records/records.go
index ce89a8b..d3668a5 100644
--- a/pkg/records/records.go
+++ b/pkg/records/records.go
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ type BaseRecord struct {
 	RecallStrategy string   `json:"recallStrategy,omitempty"`
 	RecallActions  []string `json:"recallActions,omitempty"`
 
+	// recall command
+	RecallPrefix string `json:"recallPrefix,omitempty"`
+
 	// added by sanitizatizer
 	Sanitized bool `json:"sanitized,omitempty"`
 	CmdLength int  `json:"cmdLength,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/sesshist/sesshist.go b/pkg/sesshist/sesshist.go
index 7a36492..09f7e69 100644
--- a/pkg/sesshist/sesshist.go
+++ b/pkg/sesshist/sesshist.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"log"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/curusarn/resh/pkg/records"
@@ -94,13 +95,22 @@ func (s *Dispatch) addRecentRecord(sessionID string, record records.Record) erro
 	}
 	session.mutex.Lock()
 	defer session.mutex.Unlock()
-	session.recent = append(session.recent, record)
-	log.Println("sesshist: record:", record.CmdLine, "; added to session:", sessionID, "; session len:", len(session.recent))
+	session.recentRecords = append(session.recentRecords, record)
+	// remove previous occurance of record
+	for i := len(session.recentCmdLines) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if session.recentCmdLines[i] == record.CmdLine {
+			session.recentCmdLines = append(session.recentCmdLines[:i], session.recentCmdLines[i+1:]...)
+		}
+	}
+	// append new record
+	session.recentCmdLines = append(session.recentCmdLines, record.CmdLine)
+	log.Println("sesshist: record:", record.CmdLine, "; added to session:", sessionID,
+		"; session len:", len(session.recentCmdLines), "; session len w/ dups:", len(session.recentRecords))
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Recall command from recent session history
-func (s *Dispatch) Recall(sessionID string, histno int) (string, error) {
+func (s *Dispatch) Recall(sessionID string, histno int, prefix string) (string, error) {
 	s.mutex.RLock()
 	session, found := s.sessions[sessionID]
 	s.mutex.RUnlock()
@@ -108,18 +118,25 @@ func (s *Dispatch) Recall(sessionID string, histno int) (string, error) {
 	if found == false {
 		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: No session history for SessionID " + sessionID)
 	}
+	if prefix == "" {
+		session.mutex.Lock()
+		defer session.mutex.Unlock()
+		return session.getRecordByHistno(histno)
+	}
 	session.mutex.Lock()
 	defer session.mutex.Unlock()
-	return session.getRecordByHistno(histno)
+	return session.searchRecordByPrefix(prefix, histno)
 }
 
 type sesshist struct {
-	recent []records.Record
-	mutex  sync.Mutex
+	recentRecords  []records.Record
+	recentCmdLines []string // deduplicated
+	// cmdLines map[string]int
+	mutex sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func (s *sesshist) getRecordByHistno(histno int) (string, error) {
-	// records get appended to the end of the slice
+	// addRecords() appends records to the end of the slice
 	// 	-> this func handles the indexing
 	if histno == 0 {
 		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno == 0' is not a record from history")
@@ -127,9 +144,35 @@ func (s *sesshist) getRecordByHistno(histno int) (string, error) {
 	if histno < 0 {
 		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno < 0' is a command from future (not supperted yet)")
 	}
-	index := len(s.recent) - histno
+	index := len(s.recentCmdLines) - histno
+	if index < 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno > number of commands in the session' (" + strconv.Itoa(len(s.recentCmdLines)) + ")")
+	}
+	return s.recentCmdLines[index], nil
+}
+
+func (s *sesshist) searchRecordByPrefix(prefix string, histno int) (string, error) {
+	if histno == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno == 0' is not a record from history")
+	}
+	if histno < 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno < 0' is a command from future (not supperted yet)")
+	}
+	index := len(s.recentCmdLines) - histno
 	if index < 0 {
-		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno > number of commands in the session' (" + strconv.Itoa(len(s.recent)) + ")")
+		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno > number of commands in the session' (" + strconv.Itoa(len(s.recentCmdLines)) + ")")
+	}
+	cmdLines := []string{}
+	for i := len(s.recentCmdLines) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s.recentCmdLines[i], prefix) {
+			cmdLines = append(cmdLines, s.recentCmdLines[i])
+			if len(cmdLines) >= histno {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(cmdLines) < histno {
+		return "", errors.New("sesshist ERROR: 'histno > number of commands matching with given prefix' (" + strconv.Itoa(len(cmdLines)) + ")")
 	}
-	return s.recent[index].CmdLine, nil
+	return cmdLines[histno-1], nil
 }
diff --git a/scripts/hooks.sh b/scripts/hooks.sh
index 322b5fc..be11652 100644
--- a/scripts/hooks.sh
+++ b/scripts/hooks.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 
-__resh_preexec() {
+__resh_reset_variables() {
     __RESH_HISTNO=0
+    __RESH_HISTNO_ZERO_LINE=""
+    __RESH_HIST_PREV_LINE=""
+    __RESH_HIST_RECALL_ACTIONS=""
+    __RESH_HIST_NO_PREFIX_MODE=0
+}
+
+__resh_preexec() {
     # core
     __RESH_COLLECT=1
     __RESH_CMDLINE="$1" # not local to preserve it for postcollect (useful as sanity check)
-    __resh_collect --cmdLine "$__RESH_CMDLINE" \
+    __resh_collect --cmdLine "$__RESH_CMDLINE" --recall-actions "$__RESH_HIST_RECALL_ACTIONS" \
         &>~/.resh/collect_last_run_out.txt || echo "resh-collect ERROR: $(head -n 1 ~/.resh/collect_last_run_out.txt)"
+
+    __resh_reset_variables
 }
 
 # used for collect and collect --recall
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ __resh_collect() {
                     -osReleaseIdLike "$__RESH_OS_RELEASE_ID_LIKE" \
                     -osReleaseName "$__RESH_OS_RELEASE_NAME" \
                     -osReleasePrettyName "$__RESH_OS_RELEASE_PRETTY_NAME" \
+                    -histno "$__RESH_HISTNO" \
                     "$@"
         fi
 }
diff --git a/scripts/shellrc.sh b/scripts/shellrc.sh
index 865e2fd..d5357fd 100644
--- a/scripts/shellrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/shellrc.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ if [ -z "${__RESH_SESSION_ID+x}" ]; then
     export __RESH_SESSION_ID; __RESH_SESSION_ID=$(__resh_get_uuid)
     export __RESH_SESSION_PID="$$"
     # TODO add sesson time
+    __resh_reset_variables
     __resh_session_init
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/widgets.sh b/scripts/widgets.sh
index 77a7306..9960da7 100644
--- a/scripts/widgets.sh
+++ b/scripts/widgets.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,71 @@
 # shellcheck source=hooks.sh
 . ~/.resh/hooks.sh
 
+__resh_helper_arrow_pre() {
+    # set prefix
+    __RESH_PREFIX=${BUFFER:0:CURSOR}
+    # cursor not at the end of the line => end "NO_PREFIX_MODE"
+    [ "$CURSOR" -ne "${#BUFFER}" ] && __RESH_HIST_NO_PREFIX_MODE=0
+    # if user made any edits from last recall action => restart histno AND deactivate "NO_PREFIX_MODE"
+    [ "$BUFFER" != "$__RESH_HIST_PREV_LINE" ] && __RESH_HISTNO=0 && __RESH_HIST_NO_PREFIX_MODE=0
+    # "NO_PREFIX_MODE" => set prefix to empty string
+    [ "$__RESH_HIST_NO_PREFIX_MODE" -eq 1 ] && __RESH_PREFIX=""
+    # append curent recall action
+    __RESH_HIST_RECALL_ACTIONS="$__RESH_HIST_RECALL_ACTIONS;arrow_up:$__RESH_PREFIX"
+    # histno == 0 => save current line
+    [ $__RESH_HISTNO -eq 0 ] && __RESH_HISTNO_ZERO_LINE=$BUFFER
+}
+__resh_helper_arrow_post() {
+    # cursor at the beginning of the line => activate "NO_PREFIX_MODE"
+    [ "$CURSOR" -eq 0 ] && __RESH_HIST_NO_PREFIX_MODE=1
+    # "NO_PREFIX_MODE" => move cursor to the end of the line
+    [ "$__RESH_HIST_NO_PREFIX_MODE" -eq 1 ] && CURSOR=${#BUFFER}
+    # save current line so we can spot user edits next time
+    __RESH_HIST_PREV_LINE=$BUFFER
+}
+
 __resh_widget_arrow_up() {
+    # run helper function
+    __resh_helper_arrow_pre
+    # increment histno
     (( __RESH_HISTNO++ ))
-    BUFFER="$(__resh_collect --recall --histno "$__RESH_HISTNO" 2> ~/.resh/arrow_up_last_run_out.txt)"
+    # back at histno == 0 => restore original line
+    if [ $__RESH_HISTNO -eq 0 ]; then
+        BUFFER=$__RESH_HISTNO_ZERO_LINE
+    else
+        # run recall
+        local NEW_BUFFER
+        NEW_BUFFER="$(__resh_collect --recall --histno "$__RESH_HISTNO" --prefix-search "$__RESH_PREFIX" 2> ~/.resh/arrow_up_last_run_out.txt)"
+        # IF new buffer in non-empty THEN use the new buffer ELSE revert histno change
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2015
+        [ ${#NEW_BUFFER} -gt 0 ] && BUFFER=$NEW_BUFFER || (( __RESH_HISTNO-- ))
+    fi
+    # run post helper
+    __resh_helper_arrow_post
 }
 __resh_widget_arrow_down() {
+    # run helper function
+    __resh_helper_arrow_pre
+    # increment histno
     (( __RESH_HISTNO-- ))
-    BUFFER="$(__resh_collect --recall --histno "$__RESH_HISTNO" 2> ~/.resh/arrow_down_last_run_out.txt)"
+    # prevent HISTNO from getting negative (for now)
+    [ $__RESH_HISTNO -lt 0 ] && __RESH_HISTNO=0
+    # back at histno == 0 => restore original line
+    if [ $__RESH_HISTNO -eq 0 ]; then
+        BUFFER=$__RESH_HISTNO_ZERO_LINE
+    else
+        # run recall
+        local NEW_BUFFER
+        NEW_BUFFER="$(__resh_collect --recall --histno "$__RESH_HISTNO" --prefix-search "$__RESH_PREFIX" 2> ~/.resh/arrow_down_last_run_out.txt)"
+        # IF new buffer in non-empty THEN use the new buffer ELSE revert histno change
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2015
+        [ ${#NEW_BUFFER} -gt 0 ] && BUFFER=$NEW_BUFFER || (( __RESH_HISTNO++ ))
+    fi
+    __resh_helper_arrow_post
 }
 __resh_widget_control_R() {
+    local __RESH_LBUFFER=${BUFFER:0:CURSOR}
+    __RESH_HIST_RECALL_ACTIONS="$__RESH_HIST_RECALL_ACTIONS;control_R:$__RESH_LBUFFER"
     # resh-collect --hstr
     hstr
 }