Fwd: how to change number of saved lines on console

[Sergio Cuéllar Valdés <herrsergio@gmail.com>]

2006/2/6, Lubos Vrbka <lubos.vrbka@gmail.com>:
> is it possible to change (increase) the number of lines that are saved
> on console? i would like to be able to scroll through the whole boot
> process history. right now it allows me to go approximately one and half
> pages back...


Hi,

you should modify the variable "HISTSIZE".

$ echo $HISTSIZE
500
$ export HISTSIZE=1000
$ echo $HISTSIZE
1000

or to whatever you want. Or you could edit /etc/profile


Cheers,
Sergio

----
http://biorobotics.fi-p.unam.mx
--
"Meine Hoffnung soll mich leiten
Durch die Tage ohne Dich
Und die Liebe soll mich tragen
Wenn der Schmerz die Hoffnung bricht"