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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!rodan.acs.syr.edu!ldstern
  3. From: ldstern@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Larry Stern)
  4. Subject: BASH history question
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec13.174222.15038@newstand.syr.edu>
  6. Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  7. Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 17:42:22 EST
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  10. I have been trying to set my history file size in BASH, with no success.
  11. I put 'set histfilesize=50' and designated the history file in my profile
  12. put this doesn't seem to do it.  What is the correct syntax?
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  14.                         TIA,
  15.                         L. Stern
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