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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: [ksh] Show command number in shell prompt
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:31:33 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:23:56 +0200, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

> [*] Note: Closing a shell window and re-opening it anew will work on the
> previous, same history file.

I typically have over a dozen shell windows open at a time. They would all 
happily clobber the same history file, which somewhat limits its use for 
me.