Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 13:35:05 -0600 From: jd1008 <jd1008@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console command history Message-ID: <580A6DE9.50604@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20161021150625.35f0eea3@gecko4> References: <580A4A2F.4020902@gmail.com> <580A4BA7.6090700@gmail.com> <580A4CCA.8080301@gmail.com> <20161021150625.35f0eea3@gecko4>
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On 10/21/2016 01:06 PM, mfv via freebsd-questions wrote: >> On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 13:13 Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> jd1008 wrote: >>> What is your root's login shell? >>> >>> On 10/21/2016 11:02 AM, Ernie Luzar wrote: >>>> Hello List; >>>> >>>> After installing from scratch using cdrom.iso the console command >>>> history is blank for user root. As I issue commands from the root >>>> command line these commands get added to the history as one would >>>> expect. After rebooting the system, root's history contains the >>>> commands I issued before I rebooted the system, and any newly >>>> issued commands are added to the history as one would expect. >>>> >>>> Now here is the problem I am seeing. After any reboots the history >>>> contains only the issued commands from the first boot after the >>>> install from scratch. The history does not contain the commands >>>> issued before the last reboot. >>>> >>>> How can I configure the console command history for user root to be >>>> a rolling list of issued console commands that contain the history >>>> of the issued commands between 2 reboots, so after a reboot the >>>> history contains commands that were issued prior to the last reboot? >>>> >>>> Running 11.0 with sc console driver because vt does not have >>>> copy-paste ability. This problem is also in 7.x 8.x 9.x and 10.x >>>> series and now I need a resolution for this annoying tick. >>>> >> I use the system default csh >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hello, > > Checkout the section "History substitution" in csh(1). > > It is possible to save and/or delete the history using various > settings. I found the following to be useful setting in the csh > configuration file: > > set history = 1000 > set savehist = (1000 merge) > > Cheers ... > > Marek > +1 Well, since I like to keep much longer history, I set it to something rather large - like 999999 :)
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