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history

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

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