Re: [LUG] lost shell history

[Steph Foster <steph.p.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Johnson wrote:
> On Friday 16 Oct 2009 20:39:40 james kilty wrote:
>   
> > Hello
> >
> > I seem  to have a shell history of 3 entriesonly. It used to be a LOT
> > longer and a very useful resource as I'll have to work everything out
> > again without it.
> >
> >     
>
> Have a look in the following files for a line like HISTFILESIZE=something:
>
> ~/.bashrc
> ~/.bash_profile
>
> If not in those, check:
>
> /etc/bash.bashrc
>
> When you find the line, just comment it out. By default bash will keep 500 
> lines of history, so something must be over-riding it.
>
> Regards,
> David.
>
>   
Maybe it is in .login in your home directory


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