On 9/1/20 5:14 AM, almahdi wrote: > How to get last commnda history line number purely & directly on bash script > or prompt ? > > as it's pure & directly viable in PS1 env. var. > PS1=`echo \!`
HISTCMD The history number, or index in the history list, of the current command. Assignments to HISTCMD are ignored. If HISTCMD is un- set, it loses its special properties, even if it is subsequently reset. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/