Fwd: how to change number of saved lines on console
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
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