Re: problem with history

[Chet Ramey]

> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> Description:
>     when you look for the previous command in the history, the command you 
> leaves overwrite the top of history command.
> Repeat-By:
>     type a few dummy commands (e.g. "echo 1" to "echo 5")
>     begin to type a new command (let's say "ls /blah")
>     then just to check how you wrote a previous command, scroll four lines up 
> the "echo 2" command.
>     Now go back to continue typing your "ls /blah..." command and...
>     oh surprise, it has been overwritten with the "echo 3" command,
>     -> you may now retype it all.

This was fixed by patch 5 to bash-3.0.

ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-3.0-patches/

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