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Old 03-15-2004
history script

Does anyone know what the history script looks like. I need to write a similar script that would read my own history file and only extract the last X number of lines I ask it to. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 03-15-2004
History (or fc) should be found in /bin/fc (at least on Solaris - your OS may be different).
See the man page for history (or fc)

Also look into the tail command which can be used for what you are looking to do.
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