bash history limit

Latte · 12-15-2009, 07:14 PM

Can anyone tell me how to confirm the default limit of the history kept in .bash_history?

A Google search reveals people saying the default limit is 500 (lines? filesize in bytes?). e.g., http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/15/linu...-bash_history/

I know there is an option to set the size, using HISTSIZE in .bashrc as discussed on this site at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...istory-136137/ and others.

But how can I confirm the existing default without have to type command after command to see when the first command gets pushed out?

Thanks.

chrism01 · 12-15-2009, 07:27 PM

echo $HISTSIZE

Latte · 12-15-2009, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

echo $HISTSIZE

Awesome, thanks. Can you tell me where that setting is stored at, too (not that I am ungrateful for your answer)?

chrism01 · 12-15-2009, 08:46 PM

Basically, they are set in the usual login profile files eg /etc/profile http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs...s/profile.html and you can override them at the user level in .bash_profile.