> > 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 is just Ubuntu or linux in general. > > > > If you're into the command line 1000 commands don't cover a very long > > period. I had made a backup of my history file in google docs/drive so > not > > all was lost. But it's something I've never seen reference too before. I > > was on Ubuntu 12.04 so maybe it's changed since then? Don't know. > > > > > > It's been a thousand on most Linux distributions for a while. It > certainly > is in CentOS 5 and 6 so that goes back about six years. Interestingly it > appears to have been 500 in Ubuntu in 2009 but I honestly can't remember. > Would converting a few things into aliases or shell scripts reduce your > reliance on history? > > S/ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 18:11:37 +0000 > From: Alan Jenkins <alan.james.jenk...@gmail.com> > To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] 1000 commands > Message-ID: <-7119838109614320252@unknownmsgid> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Shell scripts and aliases are the way to go for common commands. What on > earth are you using more than a 1000 commands in your history for? I > recommend making yourself aliases and scripts for your most used commands > which you should be able to discern from your history file. >
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 the syntax I've used previously - it's also a reminder of what I've actually done - like a paper trail. As I am learning the commands and their syntax, the history is creating a document of my learning, in a way. An example was in setting up a VPN and installing some CMSes purely with the command line - I look up the syntax for SCP and stuff but forget it when I've not used it for a while . So next time I want to set up a new SQL database I can look at my history to help me do it again without researching it all over again. Also, I get in the zone sometimes - looking up stuff and learning etc - so I can't remember how I got there even!! Maybe I should just install Webmin!! ;) PS This is my first (brave) attempt at inline posting - I hope it formats well. Thanks again for your tips though!!
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