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Can history files be unified in bash?

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Mar 15, 20266868 views
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I routinely run multiple sessions on my Linux desktops and servers. A problem with this is that when I through my command history, I find I issued a command in a different session, and have to detach and re-attach to get that history item. Is it possible to 'force' the differently-updated histories…

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There are two things you need to do: Insert the command in your . This will append to the history file instead of overwriting it. Also in your , insert and the history file will be re-written and re-read each time bash shows the prompt. EDIT: Thanks…

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