history

Command-line history.

More information.

• Display the commands history list with line numbers:

history

• Display the last 20 commands (in `zsh` it displays all commands starting from the 20th):

history {20}

• Clear the commands history list (only for current `bash` shell):

history -c

• Overwrite history file with history of current `bash` shell (often combined with `history -c` to purge history):

history -w

• Delete the history entry at the specified offset:

history -d {offset}

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