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
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Display the last 20 commands (in
zsh
it displays all commands starting from the 20th):
history {{20}}
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Clear the commands history list (only for current
bash
shell):
history -c
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Overwrite history file with history of current
bash
shell (often combined withhistory -c
to purge history):
history -w
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Delete the history entry at the specified offset:
history -d {{offset}}
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