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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: [ksh] Show command number in shell prompt
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:28:03 -0700
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> 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.

Using a different $HISTFILE for each shell avoids that.  I assign
consistent names to shell windows, under tmux, and I construct $HISTFILE
from the name.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */