prezto/modules/history

History

Sets history options and defines history aliases.

VARIABLES

• HISTFILE the file to save the history in when an interactive shell exits.
• HISTSIZE the maximum size of the history list.
• SAVEHIST the maximum number of history events to save in the history file.

Options

• BANG_HIST treat the ! character specially during expansion.
• EXTENDED_HISTORY write the history file in the :start:elapsed;command format.
• INC_APPEND_HISTORY write to the history file immediately, not when the shell exits.
• SHARE_HISTORY share history between all sessions.
• HIST_EXPIRE_DUPS_FIRST expire duplicate entries first when trimming history.
• HIST_IGNORE_DUPS do not record an entry that was just recorded again.
• HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS delete old recorded entry if new entry is a duplicate.
• HIST_FIND_NO_DUPS do not display a line previously found.
• HIST_IGNORE_SPACE do not record an entry starting with a space.
• HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS do not write duplicate entries in the history file.
• HIST_REDUCE_BLANKS remove superfluous blanks before recording entry.
• HIST_VERIFY do not execute immediately upon history expansion.
• HIST_BEEP beep when accessing non-existent history.

Aliases

• history-stat list the ten most used commands

Authors

The authors of this module should be contacted via the GitHub issue tracker.

• Robby Russell
• Sorin Ionescu