When I paste a command on my bash prompt it is not in history — how can I add it?
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Mar 15, 2026912 viewsConfidence Score0%
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When I paste a command to my OS X or Ubuntu bash prompt using CmdV, the command is not in history – even if it is executed. The command is in history only if I type it. How to enable that pasted commands get into bash's history?
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There's an 'ignorespace' directive that won't save commands with blankspace at the start of the line, which is possible when you're cutting and pasting. There's an 'ignoredups' directive that only saves the earliest instance of a command, which migh…
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