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xain
Asked: 2010-05-02 07:07:11 +0800 CST

History in linux terminal

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I'm running Ubuntu 9.1 and every time I open a terminal window, I lose the previous command's history. How can I configure it so it's kept even after rebooting?

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2 Answers

  1. I'm assuming you're using Bash.

    Try this command at Bash prompt:

    shopt -p histappend

    If it says:

    shopt -u histappend

    then add this line in your ~/.bashrc:

    shopt -s histappend
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  2. Best Answer

    What are the permissions on ~/.bash_history? Can your user modify it?

    Alternatively, are you exiting out of the previous window first?

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