history Command Examples

Command-line history. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-History-Builtins.html.

• 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}}

• Display history with timestamps in different formats (only available in Zsh):

history -{{d|f|i|E}}

• [c]lear the commands history list (only for current Bash shell):

history -c

• Over[w]rite history file with history of current Bash shell (often combined with history -c to purge history):

history -w

• [d]elete the history entry at the specified offset:

history -d {{offset}}