Package: bash Version: 4.3-2 Severity: normal $ echo $HISTFILESIZE 50000
The value is set at the last line of ~/.bashrc: if [ -f /etc/bash.custom ]; then . /etc/bash.custom fi $ grep HIST /etc/bash.custom HISTFILESIZE=50000 HISTSIZE=-1 HISTCONTROL=erasedups export PS1 HISTCONTROL HISTSIZE HISTFILESIZE PAGER PATH $ wc -l .bash_history 2000 .bash_history Even when HISTFILESIZE is exported to 50000, the number of lines in .bash_history is limited to the default setting of 2000 lines. This has been working perfectly well until some time ago, I noticed that regularely used commands had disapeared from the history file and that the file is truncated to 2000 lines, whether the HISTFILESIZE is set or not. Richard. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.13-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 7.2 ii dash 0.5.7-4 ii debianutils 4.4 ii libc6 2.18-4 ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140118-1 Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 1:2.1-2 Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> -- Configuration Files: /etc/skel/.bash_logout changed [not included] /etc/skel/.bashrc changed [not included] -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
