i second the bump up on HISTSIZE, deduplication breaks chronology, which is needed for reading sequence of events.
On Mon, May 4, 2026, 12:31 AM Janne Johansson <[email protected]> wrote: > Then again, it could be a bite-sized task for someone to make ksh at > least see if the command is a repeat of the last one and not add it if > so. That is not the same as "look at all 500+ lines for dupes", but > could help a bit at least. > > Den mån 4 maj 2026 kl 08:20 skrev Jan Stary <[email protected]>: > > > > On May 04 11:16:22, [email protected] wrote: > > > My command history contains duplicates, eating into HISTSIZE budget. > How > > > do I deduplicate it? > > > > Bump HISTSIZE up from the default of 500 and be done with it. > > Or don't repeat shell commands :-) > > > > > -- > May the most significant bit of your life be positive. > >
