bash history too short ?

[Markus.Grunwald@pruftechnik.com]

Hello,

I have a difference in the size of my .bash_history and the $HISTSIZE 
variable:

gru@CMDevLin2 >wc -l /home/gru/.bash_history 
2217 /home/gru/.bash_history
gru@CMDevLin2 >echo $HISTSIZE
4000

I could only explain this if I wouldn't type "new" commands, but many 
commands that I use got lost and I don't know why. Do I understand the 
$HISTSIZE setting wrong ?


Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Markus Grunwald
Softwareentwicklung

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