Re: history shows edited lines not the lines actually ran

[L A Walsh]

chris wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2018, L A Walsh wrote:
>
>   
> >   As for usefulness... haven't you ever had to type in a password on the
> > command line?  Or, at least had it be easier to do so, but I really don't 
> > like
> > leaving it in a file, so I usually scroll up to the line w/the password and
> > just delete the line.  Problem solved.
> >     
>
> I use history -d for that sort of thing.
>   
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   I'd have to know the offset and the manpage doesn't specify
if the offset is in bytes, lines or time difference.  Offset
from what?

   Whereas If I've just entered a line w/a PW on it, I'm right
there...just scroll up, and delete it and I know I got the
right line, if you type in an offset, it seems like you might
not really know if you got it or now -- maybe, but the visual
feedback seems more immediate.