[ubuntu-uk] 1000 commands

[Alan Lord]

On 06/11/13 20:23, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> There is no problem with keeping a lengthy history per se, just
> sometimes those commands are often variations on the same thing in
> which case you may be better off creating scripts and aliases to save
> yourself time and effort. Always seek quicker and easier ways to do
> things as it makes your life easier and means you can spend the saved
> time working on other cool things or having fun.

Just as a follow up as I don;t think I actually noticed a reply 
explaining where the limit is configured...

nano ~/.bashrc

# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILESIZE=2000

Cheers

Al