If you skip the dash in doing an su then your history file is your origional history file. If you use the dash then the history is whereever the user's history you su'ed to. <BR><BR>Some systems ...

This might be a little OT for all of you, but it’s an interesting piece nonetheless. Allan Odgaard of TextMate put together an interesting little piece about the bash shell history system including ...

Having a history of shell commands is a great idea. It is, of course, enormously handy when you have to run something repetitively or you make a simple mistake that needs correction. However, as I’ve ...

Vincent Danen explains how to get more out of the search history features in the zsh shell. If you spend any length of time in the shell, chances are you’ve typed the same commands over and over. It’s ...

With any good shell, it's important to keep a history of all commands that have been executed in the past. Being able to recall a complicated command that was used in the past is a huge time-saver.