.bash_history

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

I rely on .bash_history alot to remind me what command syntax to use - I 
don't scroll back thro the history with the up button, I just grep the 
.bash_history file for the command I want to run.

This used to work until recently when I found that the .bash_history had 
been transformed into a data file, instead of the ASCII text that I was 
used to.

I don't know what caused this. But I deleted the file and carried on. 
For a while the .bash_history file returned as ASCII text, but now it's 
happened again.

What am I doing wrong?


Thanks
Adam