Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition
by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Jessica P. Hekman, Stephen Figgins
Name
history
Synopsis
history [options]
Description
Display the list of history events. (History syntax is discussed earlier, in “Command History.”)
Options
- -c
tcsh only. Clear history list.
- -h
Print history list without event numbers.
- -r
Print in reverse order; show oldest commands last.
- n
Display only the last n history commands, instead of the number set by the history shell variable.
- -L file
tcsh only. Load series of pushd and popd commands from file in order to re-create a saved stack.
- -M file
tcsh only. Merge the current directory stack and the stack saved in file. Save both, sorted by time, in file, as a series of pushd and popd commands.
- -S file
tcsh only. Print to file a series of pushd and popd commands that can be invoked to replicate the stack.
Example
To save and execute the last five commands:
history -h 5 > do_it source do_it
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