Name
history
Synopsis
history
[options]
Display the list of history events. (History syntax is discussed earlier in “Command History.”)
Options
-
-c
tcsh only. Clear history list.
-
-h
Print history list without event numbers.
-
-r
Print in reverse order; show oldest commands last.
- n
Display only the last n history commands, instead of the number set by the
history
shell variable.-
-L
file
tcsh only. Load series of pushd and popd commands from
file
in order to re-create a saved stack.-
-M
file
tcsh only. Merge the current directory stack and the stack saved in
file
. Save both, sorted by time, infile
, as a series of pushd and popd commands.-
-S
file
tcsh only. Print to
file
a series of pushd and popd commands that can be invoked to replicate the stack.
Example
To save and execute the last five commands:
history -h 5 > do_it
source do_it
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