Stored terminal commands?

Cinnamint · 07-04-2012, 04:11 AM

When using terminal, you can use up and down arrow keys to scroll through previous commands entered as the user. What file is this list stored in if I wished to print it?

Genocide_Hoax · 07-04-2012, 04:17 AM

use the command history to print them. And they are stored in the following location /<username>/.bash_history. So for the root user it'll be /root/.bash_history

okcomputer44 · 07-04-2012, 04:22 AM

Hi,

It stored at /home/"username"/.bash_history

But this file is hidden, so you need to issue

Quote:

ls -al

to see it in your home directory.
And you can list it with the

Quote:

history

command too.

If you want to use any command again which previously used, you could use the !"number here" to rerun the command again.
e.g.:

Quote:

!25

will run the 25 command from the bash history.

Laz

rknichols · 07-04-2012, 07:40 AM

Note, though, that the shell (well, bash at least) updates that file only when the shell exits. As long as the shell is running, it just updates its internal copy of the command history.

chrism01 · 07-04-2012, 08:00 PM

Incidentally, extending post#3, you can also use

Code:

!tail

to re-run the last cmd beginning with that string

okcomputer44 · 07-05-2012, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

Incidentally, extending post#3, you can also use

Code:

!tail

to re-run the last cmd beginning with that string

Nice one!
I didn't know this one.

Cinnamint · 07-06-2012, 03:07 AM

ha, of course, .bash_history, it's been way too long since I worked with the shell

Thanks for the other tips too.