On 6/2/16 6:38 AM, Carlos Morata wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Fedora 22 and 4.3.42(1)-release. > The issue is that \# prompt variable doesn't take into account the value of > HISTIGNORE and HISTCONTROL.
It's not supposed to. The `command number' is a count of the commands entered during the current shell session. If you want something that reflects the current position in the history list, use `\!'. There is language in the man page that reflects this. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/