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How to create an unlimited history in zsh?
Unlimited history in zsh Ask Question Asked5 years, 3 months ago Active1 year, 5 months ago Viewed54k times 81 39 In zsh, I want to have unlimited history. I set HISTSIZE=, which works in bash. Now I import an old history mv old_history .history which is pretty big wc -l .history 43562 .history
How to set histsize to Long Max in zsh?
Or if you do not think you will ever hit a problem with resource exhaustion you can just set HISTSIZE to LONG_MAX from limits.h: it is the maximum number HISTSIZE can have. Which explain the Gentoo solution: export HISTSIZE=2000 export HISTFILE=”$HOME/.history”
How to prevent history from recording duplicate entries?
To prevent history from recording duplicated entries (such as ls -l entered many times during single shell session), you can set the hist_ignore_all_dups option: setopt hist_ignore_all_dups
Is there a limit to the number of histsize?
Removing the limit is not wiser as it leaves you with an idea that there is no limit while it is always limited by available resources. Or if you do not think you will ever hit a problem with resource exhaustion you can just set HISTSIZE to LONG_MAX from limits.h: it is the maximum number HISTSIZE can have.
What do savehist and histsize mean in zsh?
Before we get started, let’s try to understand a few environment variables pertaining to history in zsh. SAVEHIST – Refers to the number of commands that are stored in the zsh history file HISTSIZE – Refers to the number of commands that are loaded into memory from the history file
Is there way to make Bash history unlimited?
In bash, Setting the HISTFILESIZE and HISTSIZE variables to an empty string makes the bash history size unlimited. However, it’s not possible to set the history to an unlimited size in zsh (theoretically, at least). From an zsh mailing list, it appears the max history size can be LONG_MAX from limits.h header file.
Where do I find the command history in zsh?
Can I safely make these files symbolic links to another location? (e.g. a git repository to keep track of changes to the history) Zsh stores input lines (possibly with time information) in the file indicated by the variable HISTFILE.