Bash History Tricks: big history, no duplicates, accesible from all the terminals

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Geekster — No Comments ↓

In this article I will show you some bash history magic. With the following settings added in your ~/.bashrc file, you will make your history: Remember everything from every terminal Is instanly accesible from every terminal Doesn’t skip random commands…

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Ignore duplicate entries in the bash history

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Geekster — No Comments ↓

As you know, bash keeps a history of the commands used in your user’s session. But, when you use a command twice (or more), it will be saved with two (or more) entries in the bash history. The best way…

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Bash History Tricks: big history, no duplicates, accesible from all the terminals

Ignore duplicate entries in the bash history