history

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Manage command-line history.

Examples (8)

Display the commands history list with line numbers

history

Display the last 20 commands (in Zsh it displays all commands starting from the 20th)

history 20

Display history with timestamps in different formats (only available in Zsh)

history -d|f|i|E

[c]lear the commands history list

history -c

Over[w]rite history file with history of current Bash shell (often combined with `history -c` to purge history)

history -w

[d]elete the history entry at the specified offset

history -d offset

Add a command to history without running it

history -s command

Run a command without adding it to history by adding a leading space

<Space>command