roy@sts.sts.COM (11/30/89)
This inconsistency was found in Bash 1.04 on a Sun3 running SunOS 4.0.3. According to the 'help' command, the 'history' built-in has the following syntax: history [n] [ [ -w -r ] FILENAME ]. This implies that it is possible to have a history command such as 'history 40 -w hist_out' write out the last 40 lines of history to 'hist_out'. But, here's what happens: bash$ history 40 -w hist_out history: extra arguments Of course, the work-around is to simply do 'history 40 >hist_out' instead. (Would 'history 40 <hist_in' make sense then?) Roy Bixler roy@sts.COM