history

Display or manipulate the history list.

Documentation

• bash -c 'help history'

Further information

• Effectively Use History Command in Linux (23.07.2024) [EN] @ It's FOSS

Syntax

history [-c] [-d OFFSET] [NUMBER]
history -anrw [FILE]

Parameters

-a

Append history lines from this session to the history file.

-c

Clear the history list by deleting all of the entries.

-d OFFSET

Delete the history entry at position OFFSET. Negative offsets count back from the end of the history list.

-n

Read all history lines not already read from the history file and append them to the history list.

-r

Read the history file and append the contents to the history list.

-w

Write the current history to the history file.