Re: .bash_history

From: Alex Malinovich (demonbane_at_the-love-shack.net)
Date: 11/21/05

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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 02:25:57 -0800

    On Sun, 2005-11-20 at 23:45 +0000, Oliver Lupton wrote:
    > On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 22:17:59 +0000
    > Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com> wrote:
    >
    > > I rely on .bash_history alot to remind me what command syntax to use - I
    > > don't scroll back thro the history with the up button, I just grep the
    > > .bash_history file for the command I want to run.
    > >
    > > This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had
    > > been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was
    > > used to.
    > >
    > > I don't know what caused this. But I deleted the file and carried on.
    > > For a while the .bash_history file returned as ASCII text, but now it's
    > > happened again.
    > >
    > > What am I doing wrong?
    --snip--
    > Try using the 'history' command instead, grep it by piping it:
    >
    > history | grep mycommand

    Or save yourself some typing and just use Ctrl-R. If the first result
    isn't the one you're looking for just push Ctrl-R again for each
    additional match. 

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