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6.2.4 History Commands

Each issued command is stored in a history list and assigned a unique event number. When dico exits, it saves the command history in a file named ‘.dico_history’ in your home directory. Upon startup, it retrieves the history from this file, so the history is preserved between sessions.

You can view the command history using the history command:

 
dico> .history
  1) .open dict.org
  2) entdeckung
  3) /geschwindigkeit

A number of editing commands is provided, that allow you to refer to previous events from the history list and to edit them. For example, to re-issue the 3rd event from the above list, type ‘!3’. The command with this index will be inserted at the dico prompt and you will be given a possibility to edit it. For a detailed description of all history-editing commands, please refer to (history)Using History Interactively section `Using History Interactively' in GNU History User Manual.

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