Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 11:30:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: "Numard (Norberto Meijome)" <numard@smartmedia.com.ar> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Doskey? Message-ID: <XFMail.980715113029.malte@webmore.com> In-Reply-To: <35AC3CDC.A67775AE@smartmedia.com.ar>
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On 15-Jul-98 Numard (Norberto Meijome) wrote: > Andrew Specht wrote: >> >> Doskey does the same thing as the .bash_history file if i remember >> correctly. >> >> It allows you to scan through your previous commands. > yup.... but only the last 50 (compare it to the last 500 in my unix box, > be it Linux or FreeBSD :))) One nice thing that WinNT has in its shell > is when you press F7, a pop-up window shows up and you can scroll > through the history and select w/<enter> what you want. But you can work > your way around with ~/.bash_history Then try <CTRL>-r and type some chars. It'll scan through the history and update the result depending on your search-pattern. Additionally try setting "export HISTSIZE=200000" in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile to get 200000 lines of typed history. Increment to your desire or machine-limits. Malte. > -- > Norberto Meijome (a) Numard, (a) Beto | ICQ # 15032073 > * Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens to > be very selective about who it decides to make friends with. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> Date: 15-Jul-98 Time: 11:26:58 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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