history

Sets sane history options.

Settings

By default, the history is set to be saved in ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zhistory. The file path can be customized with:

HISTFILE=/path/to/.zsh_history

Zsh options

• BANG_HIST performs csh-style '!' expansion.
• SHARE_HISTORY causes all terminals to share the same history 'session'.
• HIST_IGNORE_DUPS does not enter immediate duplicates into the history.
• HIST_IGNORE_ALL_DUPS removes older command from the history if a duplicate is to be added.
• HIST_IGNORE_SPACE removes commands from the history that begin with a space.
• HIST_SAVE_NO_DUPS ommits older commands that duplicate newer ones when saving.
• HIST_VERIFY doesn't execute the command directly upon history expansion.

Aliases

• history-stat lists the 10 most used commands