Comments on: Sure, why not… my bash history http://www.benmabey.com/2008/04/17/sure-why-not-my-bash-history/ [ software_engineering, ruby, rants, randomness ] Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bash history - a geek meme | Bloggy Hell http://www.benmabey.com/2008/04/17/sure-why-not-my-bash-history/#comment-61 Bash history - a geek meme | Bloggy Hell Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:49:40 +0000 http://www.benmabey.com/?p=16#comment-61 [...] I was browsing through some ruby blogs and came across this crazy meme - shell command history distributions. [...] [...] I was browsing through some ruby blogs and came across this crazy meme - shell command history distributions. [...]

]]> By: Ben Mabey http://www.benmabey.com/2008/04/17/sure-why-not-my-bash-history/#comment-60 Ben Mabey Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:48:54 +0000 http://www.benmabey.com/?p=16#comment-60 Nice! I always wondered if you could make the history longer. Thanks for the tip. Nice! I always wondered if you could make the history longer. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: fred http://www.benmabey.com/2008/04/17/sure-why-not-my-bash-history/#comment-59 fred Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:34:41 +0000 http://www.benmabey.com/?p=16#comment-59 Seems like your history size is the default small size. cause I have over 1000 of those "cd" command :) Try adding this to your ~/.bash_profile export HISTSIZE=1000000 export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth shopt -s histappend you will have plenty of history to share then.... ;) Seems like your history size is the default small size.
cause I have over 1000 of those “cd” command
:)

Try adding this to your ~/.bash_profile

export HISTSIZE=1000000
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
shopt -s histappend

you will have plenty of history to share then….

;)

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