Log File Question

[lurch]

I am probably missing the obvious but, does anyone know the name of the file that records the commands typed in a terminal? Also, is there a limit to how many commands can be stored in that file?

Phillip.

[bhobjj]

History

the info is kept in a hidden file in your home directory:
.bash_history

the default is the last 500 commands but you can modify it.

Try typing:
$ history

http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#SEC114
http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/histcommands.html
http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/15/linux-tips-take-control-of-your-bash_history/

[lurch]

Thanks bhobjj. Looks Like I did miss the obvious.

[uteck]

A few uses of history.
You can run a command from history by typing ! followed by the line number from history. To run the command on line 367 type; !367.
You can get a similar affect by typing ! and the first part of a command that was recently run. So, instead of looking through history or up arrowing till you find the command, I can type; !transcode to run the huge transcode command and arguments I last ran. But this just grabs the last use of that command.