Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

history

Synopsis

                  history [options]

Display the list of history events. (History syntax is discussed earlier in Section 8.6.)

Options

-c

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

Load series of pushd and popd commands from file in order to re-create a saved stack.

-M file

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

Print to file a series of pushd and popd commands that can be invoked to replicate the stack.

-T

Print with timestamp.

Example

To save and execute the last five commands:

                  history -h 5 > do_it
                  source do_it