Subj : Typing Those L-O-N-G Dire
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sat Mar 07 2026 07:13:00


Hi Mike!

 > One thing I found with the up/down arrow 'trick' is if the line begins
 > with a space it isn't recalled.  I will copy and paste commands from an
 > instruction guide and if they are indented will work for that command
 > but not seen in memory.
 MP> Something I have run into with bash... if I have multiple
 MP> lxterminal windows open, or sometimes even when I SSH into the
 MP> machine from another one... not all of my commands are recalled
 MP> later, either.  I can even have grep search .bash_history on a
 MP> keyword and it won't find them.
 MP> Very frustrating when I am trying to remember a particularly
 MP> involved command line that I want to repeat later.  :/

Yes, I've had that issue also.  I think it's more of a -- well, 
'conflict' between the way a computer does things and a human thinks it 
should.  From other 'Terminal observations' it appears each window has 
its own environment.  Maybe 'environment' is more 'set of local 
variables': I've done things which are essentially VAR="doo-dad" in 
Terminal Window #1 and while still in Window 1 echo $VAR will display 
'doo-dad' but Window 2 will display a blank line.
 
So if we close Window #2 then Window #1 doesn't see the command list 
from the other window.  ANd of course just to confuse us humans it seems
this 'rule' doesn't work all the time.  I _think_ some of the 
system-wide variable are stored in another place, so I can do a reverse
find for FIND, but the scroll-back search doesn't work.

A for the frustrating part, agree.  What I try to do is have an 
electronic notepad open so I can copy from Terminal and paste to the 
notes.  Naturally that can create a different set of problems: the 
double-hyphen can be converted to a single long hyphem (an 'em' I think
it's termed).  Single and double quotes usually remain the boring-cause 
-plain upright type but sometimes going from the notes to Terminal the 
angled or curled quote marks get imported.   Using a plain font in the 
notes resolves most of the issues.




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