tldr/pages/common/history.md

history

Command Line history. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bash-History-Builtins.html.

• Display the commands history list with line numbers:

history

• Display the last 20 commands:

history {{20}}

• Clear the commands history list (only for current bash shell):

history -c

• Overwrite history file with history of current bash shell (often combined with history -c to purge history):

history -w

• Delete the history entry at the specified offset:

history -d {{offset}}