On Fri 11 May 2018 at 07:40:44 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/11/2018 06:50 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >When I search man-pages.debian.org I get only a page in Chinese(?). > >The best hit I get doing a web search is > > [http://www.tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/x1712.htm] > >There is a plethora questions/answers, but too narrowly focused. > >They do display it's potential power. > > > The reading assignments given should keep me out of mischief. > I had missed the ramifications of it being a "built-in" > Thanks again.
You can also peruse all the builtins in one place with man builtins though man bash obviously contains a lot more about the use of history in general. PS Do distinguish between the history list and the history file. This tripped up somebody here in January. Cheers, David.
