Bash history - multiple windows and multiple tabs. how to keep things straight?

cilbuper · 12-28-2014, 01:28 PM

I'm getting really frustrated here. I keep trying to use history and it isn't working. I use MANY terminal windows b/c they are often doing something and I like to watch the progress at times (and I don't know how to use the background feature TBH) but when I do a history of the same username I don't see the same thing from tab to tab. I'm not sure how to figure out when the history gets "stuck" to a tab and when there are multiple tabs, how do they track/follow the history of a specific "history file" (IDK what to call the history of a specific tab)..

Is there a way to make this easier to work with other than the default setting? This isn't a major issue, but I'm trying to make this install (first primary Linux system) as streamlined as possible and this is a moderate issue.

unSpawn · 12-28-2014, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cilbuper

(..) when I do a history of the same username I don't see the same thing from tab to tab. I'm not sure how to figure out when the history gets "stuck" to a tab and when there are multiple tabs, how do they track/follow the history of a specific "history file"

Add these lines to your ~/.bashrc then log out completely and log in again:

Code:

shopt -q -s histappend >/dev/null 2>&1
export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' >/dev/null 2>&1

To test open two terminal windows and type:

Code:

date; echo; ls

in one window then press enter.
In the other terminal window press up arrow key one time.
Notice the first history line is what you typed in the other window.

Miati · 01-01-2015, 11:57 AM

You might try terminator. It's best feature is to cleanly split up terminal windows to as many as you want

I find this much more easier then using a abundance of tabs!