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Re: 'history -n' should re-read history file if history is cleared
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 'history -n' should re-read history file if history is cleared |
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Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:36:05 -0400 |
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On 4/17/17 4:58 PM, Siteshwar Vashisht wrote:
> Reproducer steps :
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>> PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; history -c; history -n"
>> history
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> Actual output :
> 2 history
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> Expected output:
> All the older history items from bash history file should be re-read.
Why should explicitly clearing old items from the history cause them to
be treated as new?
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/