Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 103, Issue 2

2013-11-05 Thread Steven Roberts
On 5 November 2013 17:18, Steven Roberts cwmbranmathstu...@gmail.com wrote: I just discovered that, as a default, only the last 1000 commands are stored in the bash history file. Pretty horrified! A quick bit of googling gave me the fix to increase the limit etc. Not sure if this

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 103, Issue 2

2013-11-05 Thread Simon Greenwood
Cheers, guys, maybe you're right, I might need to up my game a bit in the Shell script stakes at least (and with aliases). To answer the question of why I need so much history - I forget stuff! I'd never be a programmer (I reckon) as I forget things - the command history is a reminder of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 103, Issue 2

2013-11-05 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 5 Nov 2013 22:59, Simon Greenwood sfgreenw...@gmail.com wrote: Cheers, guys, maybe you're right, I might need to up my game a bit in the Shell script stakes at least (and with aliases). To answer the question of why I need so much history - I forget stuff! I'd never be a programmer (I