This is why I keep an administrative log. Anything I did as root I save the commands and steps in a text file on a flash drive. This isn't foolproof but helps me find my oops moments. On Oct 16, 2012 9:07 AM, "Daniel Eggleston" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 [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-Rulesor 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-Rulesor http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
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