Updated: 15 April 2023
History doesn’t get written to .bash_history
until log off.
Show history
history
Clear session history
history -c
Delete item 234 from history
history -d 234
Writes all current session command history to the HISTFILE
history -w
Search history
Ctrl+R
and start typing the previous command. Once a result appears, repeat Ctrl+R
to see other matches. Enter
to run command.
To re-run a command from history
!<item number>