Shell history stored in memory and on disk.
In files:- ~/.bash_history
- ~/.histfile
- ~/.history
history Command
history - displays the shell history
history 5 - print last 5 commands
history |grep sysctl
history -d line_number - delete line line_number from the history
history -c - clear all history
history -w - write to history file (Usually the history file is written to upon logout)
Ctrl-r - reverse history search (Ctrl-r again - next search)
Enter - execute command
Arrows - change the command
Gtrl-g - cancel the search
echo "secret command";history -d $(history 1) - execute single command without being logged to history file
Run all command without logging:
[user1@rifle ~]$ unset HISTFILE
[user1@rifle ~]$ echo $HISTFILE
[user1@rifle ~]$
History control
!To make changes permanent you have to put the export commands below to your ~/bash_rc file. See more here...
Controls how many commands store in memory
esport HISTSIZE=1000
Ignore duplicate commands in history
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
Filter some commands from history
export HISTIGNORE='ls -l:pwd:date:'
List all commands with date and time
export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
Using the history
Show last commands:
!N - repeat command line number N
!239 - in above example execute command pwd
!! - repeat previous command
!systemctl:p - Show last command that begins from systemctl
!string or !? string - repeat the most recent command starting with "string"
!groupi - in example above run command yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
vi !239:1 - edit file one.txt (open vi editor with first parameter of history line 239)
!N^ - first argument of the command number N. For the previous example will be vi !239^
!$ - last argument
ls !239$ - resulting command will be ls examples/
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