Re: history -s from inside function replaces last command rather than adding to it

[Dale R. Worley]

Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:
>> What is the point of "history -s args", then?  What is it useful for?
>
> To add arbitrary data to the history list, for whatever reason a user
> likes. I think the documentation is fairly clear on that.

To be more specific, it adds arbitrary data to the history list, but
also necessarily removes an entry from the history list.  This is
exactly the combination you want when the user types "history -s foo bar
baz" at the prompt, but it's tough to use programatically:  How would
you code a function for use in scripts that adds an entry "foo bar baz"
to the history list without removing anything already on the history
list?

Dale