Terminal bash command history file

Ray Parrish crp at cmc.net
Tue Dec 1 02:44:50 UTC 2009


Andrew Kane wrote:
> the file is  ~.bash_history
>
> many configuration options and comments exist in ~.bashrc
>
> for example:
> "# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)"
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Ray Parrish <crp at cmc.net> wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to inspect my bash command history, and I'm assuming
>> Terminal keeps it in a file somewhere. Does anyone know the name, and
>> location of that file?
>>
>> Also, can someone tell me how to increase the size of the bash history?
>> I think I remember reading something about that once, but can not find
>> where I read it to refresh my memory.
>>
>> Thanks, Ray Parrish
>>
>>     
Hello,

Thanks for the help, I had already found the bash history file by the 
time I saw this reply, but thanks for the information on changing the 
history size.

Later, Ray Parrish

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