I haven't tried this but shouldn't
history|tail -n 3 -
so the same?

On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 10:09, Larry Lauer wrote:
> You could use tail -n (number of lines back) filename 
> 
> ex : tail -n 3 .bash_history would show you the last 3 commands that you typed.
> 
> or something like this.
> 
> history > tail
> tail -n 3 tail >last3
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Larry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bushman [mailto:bob@traxel.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:06 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: syntax for outputing past bash commands to a .txt file
> 
> 
> You can also use the "history" and "fc" commands, which
> do all sorts of stupid pet tricks.
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.02/html_chapter/bashref_7.html
> 
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> 
> > .bash_history in your home directory
> >
> > -Derek
> > On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 07:22:13 -0700 (PDT)
> > Alpha Zenon Sanchez <alpha_zenon@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I know I've seen it before on the internet somewhere
> > > or perhaps it was this discussion group.  I can't
> > > recall...
> > >
> > > My question is this:
> > >
> > > What's the exact syntax to print to a text file, a
> > > history of commands you've typed on the command shell?
> > >
> > > Or is there a file in my OS (Mandrake 8.1) where I can
> > > view like say....my last 20 or so commands?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Alpha Z Sanchez
> > >
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