.bashrc history command not working when new terminal window opened

Asked Dec 18 '20 at 12:43

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I added some simple history command in order to get some info every time I am on a Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Dell local machine with bash 4.4.20(1)-release, shell /bin/bash. If I open a new shell:

history | tail

but I noticed that when I open a new terminal it does show me anything, while if I:

source ~/.bashrc

it works well. I guess it has something to do with history characteristics and new terminals but even googling and looking here I can not figure out what!

Thanks in advance for any help!

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grep HIST ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile
/home/enrico/.bashrc:HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
/home/enrico/.bashrc:# for setting history length see HISTSIZE and HISTFILESIZE in bash(1)
/home/enrico/.bashrc:HISTSIZE=1000
/home/enrico/.bashrc:HISTFILESIZE=2000
/home/enrico/.bashrc:export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %T "
grep: /home/enrico/.bash_profile: No such file or directory

edited Dec 18 '20 at 16:50

asked Dec 18 '20 at 12:43

cccnrc

Possible duplicate of: Preserve bash history in multiple terminal windows – jesse_b Dec 18 '20 at 12:51
Please [edit] your question and tell us what operating system you are using. Also show us the output of grep HIST ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.bash_profile and the output of echo $SHELL. – terdon Dec 18 '20 at 13:10
Also clarify how you are logging in to the machine. Is this a local machine? A remote one you access via ssh? Something else? Are you using a GUI? – terdon Dec 18 '20 at 13:29
Is the command in your .bashrc or /etc/profile.d ? – bxm Dec 18 '20 at 15:01
@bxm is in .bashrc, also edited the question accordingly to previous comments – cccnrc Dec 18 '20 at 16:46

.bashrc history command not working when new terminal window opened

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