The second part was just recently added to the doc. Why wasn’t it there
before?
------ Original Message ------
From "Chet Ramey" <[email protected]>
To "Dale R. Worley" <[email protected]>; [email protected];
[email protected]
Cc [email protected]
Date 12/16/2024 4:46:21 PM
Subject Re: history -s from inside function replaces last command rather
than adding to it
On 12/16/24 9:36 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
Chet Ramey <[email protected]> writes:
Yes:
-s Store the args in the history list as a single entry.
The last command in the history list is removed before
adding the args.
That last command is usually `history -s args'.
What is the point of "history -s args", then? What is it useful for?
To add arbitrary data to the history list, for whatever reason a user
likes. I think the documentation is fairly clear on that.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU [email protected] http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
