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Different “history” command output after reconnecting via SSH

Why do I get different results for the "history" command for the same user after I reconnect a disconnected SSH session? I connect to a server using putty (SSH), say as root My network gets ...
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In what situations would a user not let the shell record his command into history?

If I add export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace in .bashrc, bash won't record any commands which have whitespace before them into history. But I do not understand under what situations it will be useful. ...
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Can any shell do argument-level interactive search?

Sometimes I need to reuse certain long arguments like paths. If I use history search (CTRL+R), I may find some command that contains the path, but I still need to delete anything else in the old ...
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How to run the most recent command on AIX?

How can I run the most recent command again from history in AIX Server? And how to edit the most recent command and run it again in AIX?
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Command line prediction

I've found an interesting paper: Predicting UNIX Command Lines about command-line prediction (based on user past activity), and I wonder if any actual implementation of such thing exists?
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How to remove a single line from history?

I'm working in Mac OSX, so I guess I'm using bash...? Sometimes I enter something that I don't want to be remembered in the history. How do I remove it?
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How do I create history files with date automatically attached?

E.g. at the end of the session for each day I want to create a history file with the date attached at the end. So, say, history > history07162012.txt or something like that.
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Prevent a command from being executed after another command

I would like the shell to warn me for potential errors I'm about to make. How can I prevent a command cmd2 from being executed after cmd1. For example: $ tar tf file.tar $ rm !$ Here, I just ...
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Change working directory of 2 terminals at once

I've typically have gnome-terminal open with ~8 tabs, using 2 consecutive tabs for the same task (one has emacs, the other is used to do git checkins and unittest runs and so). When changing tasks, I ...
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How can I save the last command to a file?

When I am running my analyses using the bash shell, I often want to save the commands I've used that gave me good results to a file in the same directory (my "LOGBOOK", as its called) so that I can ...
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How do I add network or user source connection data to history entries?

I would like to modify the history settings for all users on the systems that I manage. I would like it to contain the information from the connecting terminal like from who sysadmin:/ # who sysadmin ...
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Moving through history of commands on command line?

I used to use Up/Down to move through the history of commands. Then, a few days later it changed to Ctrl-p/Ctrl-n. Now this also doesn't work to move through the history of commands entered. How can ...
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Convert a typescript file to a list of commands (history)

I wanted to record a linux session so I could use it as documentation for a "how to install" guide. I found something on the internet that suggested that the script command would be good for this, and ...
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How to quickly store and access often used commands?

I have a lot of commands I routinely need to execute, often with the slightest variation. Right now I'm storing them all in .bash_history and use CTRL-R to access them, but I wonder if there's a ...
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Can I have my shell history record how wildcards expanded?

If I run: $ ls * foo bar buzz $ history | tail -1 ls * You can see that in my shell history it remembers that I ran ls * rather than ls foo bar buzz. Ideally, I'd like to record both in separate ...
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How can I reproduce commands run on one machine on another machine?

I would like to install some software on a linux-machine that I have run in VirtualBox. Then I would like to do the same thing on a linux-VPS. I think that I can save all commands that I run using ...
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bash: recall command by typing some characters of it [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: best way to search my shell's history In MSDOS I have the option to start typing some characters of a previous command and then pressing F8 it will search the ...
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Extending history search in zsh

How to extend Ctrl+R search in zsh? It cannot find entry despite it is in history file. Edit: My .zsh: setopt AUTO_CD setopt CORRECT_ALL setopt EXTENDED_GLOB # History SAVEHIST=10000 ...
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How to access the history on the fly in unix?

for example, if I do a mkdir thisismyfolder912 I remember there is some easier way to switch to thisismyfolder912 than having to do a cd thisismyfolder912 What is that way and how does it work? ...
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best way to search my shell's history

Is there a better way to search my history file for a command than grep? I do have some idea what the command starts as, but I don't know how far back in the history it is. update: was formerly zsh ...