For many users who get started with the command line in Linux, there’s a good chance they’re using Bourne Again Shell, or Bash. Bash is the default shell on Mac OS X, and Windows users can use Bash ...

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve needed to reuse a command, only to find that it’s no longer in my Bash history. If you’re anything like me, you know how frustrating that can be. But the default ...

Command history can be very handy for repeating commands that you’ve used recently, even when you need to modify them in some way before using them again. You can reuse previously entered commands by ...

Having a history of shell commands is a great idea. It is, of course, enormously handy when you have to run something repetitively or you make a simple mistake that needs correction. However, as I’ve ...

The .history file in Linux – whether ~/.bash_history, ~/.zsh_history or ~/.history – provides ways to track and reuse commands that you have recently run. This post suggests how you might make good ...

If you've used bash for a while you probably know that the commands you enter are saved in the file ~/.bash_history when you log out. Next time you log in, bash automatically loads these history ...

I learned a bit about ! history references when I used to use csh in the days before GNU, but upgrading to tcsh gave me cursor keys. I did use !?blah? sporadically on bash for a while until I ...

When you enter commands in the Terminal, they are saved in a history that you can scroll through by pressing the up and down arrows. This tip prevents the same item from being saved to the history ...

This might be a little OT for all of you, but it’s an interesting piece nonetheless. Allan Odgaard of TextMate put together an interesting little piece about the bash shell history system including ...