Name
hist
Synopsis
hist [options
] [first
[last
]] hist -s [old
=new
] [command
]
ksh93 only. Display or
edit commands in the history list. (Use only one of
-l
or -s
.)
first and last are
numbers or strings specifying the range of commands to display or
edit. If last is omitted, hist applies to a single command
(specified by first). If both
first and last are
omitted, hist edits the
previous command or lists the last 16. The second form of hist takes a history
command, replaces old
with new, and executes the modified command.
If no strings are specified, command is just
reexecuted. If no command is given either,
the previous command is reexecuted. command
is a number or string like first. See the
examples in the earlier section "Command History.”
Options
-
-e
[
editor
]
Invoke editor to edit the specified history commands. The default editor is set by the shell variable HISTEDIT. If that variable is not set, FCEDIT is used. If neither is set, the default is /bin/ed.
-
-l
List the specified command or range of commands, or list the last 16.
-
-n
Suppress command numbering from the
-l
listing.-
-N
n
Start with the command n commands before the current one.
-
-r
Reverse the order of the
-l
listing.-
-s
Execute (or redo) a history command; refer to second syntax line above.
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