history
Command-line history. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-History-Builtins.html.
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Display the commands history list with line numbers:
history -
Display the last 20 commands (in
zshit displays all commands starting from the 20th):
history {{20}} -
Clear the commands history list (only for current
bashshell):
history -c -
Overwrite history file with history of current
bashshell (often combined withhistory -cto purge history):
history -w -
Delete the history entry at the specified offset:
history -d {{offset}}
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