Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

history

Synopsis

                     history [options]

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