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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://social.jvns.ca/users/b0rk/statuses/114072135264817091">Julia Evans (b0rk@social.jvns.ca)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 05:47:04 JST</a><a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk" title="b0rk@social.jvns.ca"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/88850-48-20230116234922.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Julia Evans" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Julia Evans</a></section><article><p>shell history</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4637731#notice-9078199">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-27T05:47:04+09:00" title="Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 05:47:04 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/114072135264817091" rel="external" title="Sent from social.jvns.ca via ActivityPub">social.jvns.ca</a></span></span><a href="https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/114072135264817091">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4207096">panel 1: your shell has a history of the commands you ransome ways to access history:* press the up arrow
* run history
* search it with Ctrl-R (in bash/zsh)panel 2: how long does your shell store history for?in bash, the default is 
500 commands (not enough!)in fish, the default is 
256,000 commandsif you're using bash, you might want to configure it to store more historypanel 3: when does your shell save history?by default, bash and zsh only save history to a file when you exit the shellfish saves the history continuouslypanel 4: history saves me SO MUCH time person (thinking): “&lt;spends 45 minutes figuring out a complicated command&gt;”... 3 months later … person (thinking): “search for THING in my history and just run it”panel 4: where is history stored?bash: .bash_historyzsh: run echo $HISTFILEfish: mine is in ~/.local/share/fish/fish_historyperson (thinking): “sometimes I copy over my shell history when setting up a new computer!”panel 6: a useful history tool:  atuinatuin lets you:* save unlimited history
* search history more easily
* save commands as soon as you run them
* sync your history (optionally)</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/socialjvnsca/media_attachments/files/114/072/135/001/102/021/original/ad923097394bfc9c.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/socialjvnsca/media_attachments/files/114/072/135/001/102/021/original/ad923097394bfc9c.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Julia Evans (b0rk@social.jvns.ca)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 05:47:04 JST Julia Evans
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1. panel 1: your shell has a history of the commands you ran some ways to access history: * press the up arrow * run history * search it with Ctrl-R (in bash/zsh) panel 2: how long does your shell store history for? in bash, the default is 500 commands (not enough!) in fish, the default is 256,000 commands if you're using bash, you might want to configure it to store more history panel 3: when does your shell save history? by default, bash and zsh only save history to a file when you exit the shell fish saves the history continuously panel 4: history saves me SO MUCH time person (thinking): “<spends 45 minutes figuring out a complicated command>” ... 3 months later … person (thinking): “search for THING in my history and just run it” panel 4: where is history stored? bash: .bash_history zsh: run echo $HISTFILE fish: mine is in ~/.local/share/fish/fish_history person (thinking): “sometimes I copy over my shell history when setting up a new computer!” panel 6: a useful history tool: atuin atuin lets you: * save unlimited history * search history more easily * save commands as soon as you run them * sync your history (optionally)
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