[X4U] terminal window

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 7/12/04 7:40 AM, "Richard" <cms01 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Here a tuff one for you Unix Guru's
> 
> Using the terminal window, after 3 hours,
> I notice I can use the up arrow to display the last, or previous
> information..or command.
> 
> Q. Where or what file is that information keep in?

The shell stores it in a history buffer, and, when you end your session,
writes it to a history file. Do ls -a in your home folder and you'll see
either .bash_history or .history (for tcsh).
 
 
Kirk
 
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