[Cialug] How to add multiple instances of bash to your bash history

[jim kraai]

oldden is the old way to spell olden, trust me :-)


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:11 AM, jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com> wrote:

> feature.  this first time i saw this discussion was in 1993.
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> it's intentional backwards compatibility from the oldden days that has a
> one line, one time, works forever-from-then-on workaround
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> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Andrew Denner <linux-list at upeke.com>wrote:
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>> Is it a bug or a feature?
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>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 6:23 AM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Mar 19, 2014 11:56 PM, "Adam Hill" <adam at diginc.us> wrote:
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>> > > Here is my standard history setup from ~/.bashrc
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>> > > export HISTSIZE=100000
>> > > export HISTFILESIZE=50000
>> > > export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
>> > > export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -n; $PROMPT_COMMAND"
>> > >
>> > > the -a submits your recent commands so other sessions see them, the -n
>> > > pulls the hitsory back into your session so you can see your other
>> > > sessions' history.
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>> > Clever. But it seems like the GNU people ought to just fix the bug.
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>> > --
>> > Todd
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