on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:57 PM +0200, Ian Balchin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > My commands are no longer recorded in .bash_history > > HISTFILE. HISTFILESIZE, & HISTSIZE are all set. > > What have i done? This is apparent in my user login, commands as > root are still recorded. > > Thanks for any tips.
Log out. The commands aren't saved until you exit your shell.
To test, you can also do:
$ bash # start a new shell with bash
$ some commands
$ exit #
$ cat ~/.bash_history # should show "some commands"
Peace.
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