Size limit for .sh_history file

[John Adonis]

Hi,
Is there any limit set to .sh_history file ?
If yes, how to increase the size ?

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

Use the HISTSIZE

HISTSIZE=1000
HISTFILE=.sh_history
export HISTSIZE HISTFILE

[Rajeev Shukla]

Hi,
Have a look at man pages of ksh

history file is set using
HISTFILE=....
HISTSIZE=..is what you want to increase to have more commands in history.
The default is 128.
Increase this number to have number of commands you want in history.
These vaiables are generally set in .profile or /etc/profile


Rajeev

[Alzhy]

I have mine set to 99999 and ksh/sh never complains...

[Umapathy S]

For ksh the default size is 128.

my setting is
export HISTSIZE=5000

HTH,
Umapathy