(Re)posting the below as requested, and can confirm history -r
seems to have the desired effect. Thanks. ----- Original message ----- From: Will Mengarini <sel...@eskimo.com> To: Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: script/history Date: Monday, 5 February 2024 01:02 * Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> [24-02/04=Su 09:46 +0000]: > Re the script command, does anyone know of a way to make > commands run during a script session appear in bash history too? You want the 'history -r' command, "explained" by `help history`. After you end the script, you're back in the bash instance you ran 'script' from. When you ended the script & therefore the bash being run in that script, that bash wrote its commands to ~/.bash_history; but the bash you're running, which is the one you ran script from, hasn't read that ~/.bash_history. Running 'history -r' will cause it to do so. BTW I've got some kind of email configuration problem that usually prevents me from posting to debian-user, even though I can usually email individual users. Gareth, if you get this, and it's the correct solution to your original problem, perhaps you could post it to the list; this email is CCd to debian-user, but I expect the CC to bounce.