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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [ksh] Show command number in shell prompt
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:41:21 +0200
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On 24.09.2024 23:31, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 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.

Of course I have a more complex setup that uses an own history file
per "window"; I use for example a name like ".sh_history_pts_57"
(using 'HISTFILE').

I have yet more functions associated, e.g. a "CWD" or a window title
per "window", etc., to be able to keep and restore yet more context.

Janis