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# 1  
Old 05-18-2012
Increase bash history size
Hi

I am trying to increase the number of commands recorded in my .bash_history file.
I followed what is indicated and have add to my .bashrc
Code:
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
export HISTSIZE=1000000
export HISTFILESIZE=1000000
export HISTIGNORE='ls'

but the .bash_history only contains 690 lines and weighs only 21 K.
Any idea how to do this? (using Ubuntu 12.04)

Thanks
Last edited by radoulov; 05-18-2012 at 06:36 AM.. Reason: Code tags.
# 2  
Old 05-18-2012
My .bash_history only has 14K using
Code:
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
HISTSIZE=30000
HISTFILESIZE=30000 
export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
export HISTIGNORE=' cd "`*: PROMPT_COMMAND=?*?'

# 3  
Old 05-19-2012
Ok small files but how many lines (how many commands)?
# 4  
Old 06-08-2012
anyone?
# 5  
Old 06-08-2012
After logging in, what do you get for:
Code:
echo $HISTSIZE
echo $HISTFILESIZE

# 6  
Old 06-12-2012
I get 1000000 for both vaiables
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