Re: history -s from inside function replaces last command rather than adding to it

[Chet Ramey]

On 12/17/24 5:19 PM, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:
> > > What is the point of "history -s args", then?  What is it useful for?
> >
> > To add arbitrary data to the history list, for whatever reason a user
> > likes. I think the documentation is fairly clear on that.
>
> To be more specific, it adds arbitrary data to the history list, but
> also necessarily removes an entry from the history list.  This is
> exactly the combination you want when the user types "history -s foo bar
> baz" at the prompt,

That's the primary use case.

 but it's tough to use programatically:  How would
> you code a function for use in scripts that adds an entry "foo bar baz"
> to the history list without removing anything already on the history
> list?

Add a dummy command to the history, or expect the function call to be
removed, or both?

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