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How to get Bash shell history range

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Problem

How can I get/filter history entries in a specific range? I have a large history file and frequently use Now, my memory is pretty bad and I also want to see what else I did around the time I entered the command. For now I do this: get match, say , then I do this is usually good enough, but I would ā€¦

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history | grep 49[0-9][0-9]

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You can tell to print some lines surrounding the match, e.g., 3 before and 5 after: is equivalent to . But often you won't know precisely how many lines you want in advance. So use less and search inside it. You can even launch the search from the cā€¦

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