Each terminal session saves its own, which is written out on closing (and read in by new sessions).
See here to change this behavior: http://northernmost.org/blog/flush-bash_history-after-each-command/ On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:55 AM, ping <[email protected]> wrote: > hi folks: > > I think this might not be linux specific, but a general unix stuff.. but > not so sure... > so I sometime fine tuned a long command line and felt good. > but later I need to re-pop it up back from my another new terminal. > but somehow, mysteriously, I couldn't find it out , I normally get back > my old command in one of two ways: > > 1) ctrl-R and type the keyword > 2) history | grep KEYWORD > > but sometime neither works. AND... > > if I luckily still keep my original terminal open, then I can just go to > that original terminal where I typed those commands and get my command back > with one of the 2 methods... > > what happens? each terminal maintains a seperate instance of command line > history? is there a method that I can always rely on to find out my old > command? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to > linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.**com<[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <linuxusersgroup%[email protected]> > For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/linuxusersgroup <http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup> > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-**Rules.pdf<http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf> > ) > -- Daniel -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
