Re: [Thanks all] - Re: Seeing command history when using MATE terminal

2020-04-18 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, April 18, 2020 07:52:23 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/18/2020 05:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I can see any *ONE* previous commands by using the up-arrow key. > > But I need to see the *complete* history. F1 is no "Help". > > Obviously its stored in a file. Where? > > TIA > > U

Re: [Thanks all] - Re: Seeing command history when using MATE terminal

2020-04-18 Thread tomas
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 06:52:23AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > There's one thing I don't understand - erasure of previous history. > https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/088 states it as: > >... it overwrites the existing history with the new version. That's because it reads the history

[Thanks all] - Re: Seeing command history when using MATE terminal

2020-04-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/18/2020 05:19 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I can see any *ONE* previous commands by using the up-arrow key. But I need to see the *complete* history. F1 is no "Help". Obviously its stored in a file. Where? TIA Using 'cat ~/.bash_history' gives desired format (i.e. without the line numbers