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diff --git a/pkg/language/doc/history.hlp b/pkg/language/doc/history.hlp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c7357af8 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/language/doc/history.hlp @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.help history Feb86 language +.ih +NAME +history -- display the last few commands +.ih +USAGE +history [[-]ncommands] +.ih +PARAMETERS +.ls ncommands +The number of commands to be displayed. +.le +.ih +DESCRIPTION +The \fIhistory\fR task prints a list of the last few commands executed. +Only commands which terminated normally are included. +The number of commands to be printed may be specified on the command line +if desired. If the number is preceded by a minus sign the default +number of lines is not changed, otherwise \fIhistory\fR will take the +value given as the new default number of commands to be printed. +.ih +EXAMPLES +1. Print the last few commands. + + cl> history + +2. Print the entire history list. + + cl> history -999 + +3. Change the default number of history lines to be printed to 5 (and print +the last five commands). + + cl> history 5 + +4. Save the history in the file "commands". + + cl> history -999 > commands +.ih +SEE ALSO +ehistory +.endhelp |