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

[microsuxxor]

history -s dummy args

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024, 4:58 PM Dale R. Worley <worley@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:
> > On 12/17/24 5:19 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> >   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?
> >
> > Add a dummy command to the history, or expect the function call to be
> > removed, or both?
>
> Er... How do you add a dummy command to the history?  Admittedly, I'm
> not an expert in bash history processing, but I checked over the options
> to "history" and none of them simply add something to the history.
>
> Dale
>
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