Where is bash history file?
The bash shell stores the history of commands you’ve run in your user account’s history file at~/. bash_history by default. For example, if your username is bob, you’ll find this file at /home/bob/. bash_history.
How do I get the horizontal scrollbar in PuTTY?
As noted in PuTTY wish horiz-scroll, if you really need horizontal scrolling, you will only get that by using an application running in the terminal emulator which simulates the feature. The example given (less) provides this using the -S option (see Use less -S for horizontal scrolling).
Is it possible to overwrite the last line in a terminal?
It reads to the desc var until a empty line is passed. After that, i want to read in other stuff. I would like to overwrite the last empty line with the “Maintainer:”. which stays on the line and overwrites it. This is not possible in my case. In your example you delete the text at the same line.
Is there a way to overwrite the previous line in Bash?
The cursor remains where it was so, on it’s own, we can’t use -n to overwrite the previous line, we need to move the cursor to the left. To do that we need to give it an escape sequence, which we let echo know we’re going to use with -e and then move the cursor by providing a return carriage which puts the cursor at the beginning of the line.
How do I stop it from overwriting text I already typed?
It’s not something OOo dreamed up. You can switch between insert typing mode and overwrite typing mode by pressing the keyboard key labeled “Ins” or “Insert”. As I said, most software will support these two typing modes, and will use that key to switch between them.
How can I see the last 10 commands in history?
To see a certain number of commands, you can pass a number to history on the command line. For example, to see the last 10 commands you’ve used, type the following: history 10. You can achieve the same result if you pipe history through the tail command. To do so, type the following: history | tail -n 10.