where are a user's commands saved?

learnfast · 03-10-2005, 06:57 AM

I read in my redhat9 book that in

Code:

/etc/profile

you can change the number of commands that are saved in the .history file in the user's directory. However, I go to:

/home/user1

and do a

Code:

ls -al

and see six files that start with "." but none of them are ".history".

Where are the commands saved (I am logged in as "user1" and using the bash shell and the up arrow brings back the commands I have executed).

Thanks.

david_ross · 03-10-2005, 07:10 AM

Try ~/.bash_history

Note that users can easily clear this list so it won't guarentee the files containing every command that has been run.

reddazz · 03-10-2005, 08:17 AM

You can also just type "history". "man history" will give you some interesting info on how to use this command.