Storing linux commands

[PeterTi]

Hi people,

I'm quite new to Linux and fortunately enjoying working with it a lot.
The good thing is that i also enjoy working with the terminal.

I've done quite some tasks with the terminal. But some of them i just keep forgetting and i have to google everytime to find a command. For example starting and stopping a server and switching off my mousepad when i'm coding.

My question is:
Is there a nice terminal kind of way to remember my commands with and store them alphabetically or chronologically?
With other words automatically making a personal file where i can find al my used commands in without googling al the time.

This will speed up my command learning proces

Thanks a lot.

[cecar]

Maybe not exactly what you want but the terminal stores used commands. Cycle through them with arrow up, arrow down.

[semicolon]

Hi PeterTi,

Good to hear you like the command line! The commands you use in the terminal are automatically saved in the history, I believe it keeps the last 2000 commands you ran in the terminal.

There are several ways to use the history:

• 1. Use the 'up key' to go one command back in the command line history.
• 2. Use the command

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  history

  to show the entire command line history. This is often combined with a search, for example:

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  history | grep 'config'

  will show you all commands from the history in which the string 'config' occurs.
• 3. Use the 'bang'-syntax (that's what commands starting with an exclamation mark are called). For example:

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  !!

  will run the last command again. But probably more useful is:

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  !foo

  which will run the most recent command which started with 'foo'.

I hope that's enough to let you enjoy the command line even more

Also see:

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man history

[GeneC]

This may be of interest..

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/09/cli-comp ... o-use.html

CLI Companion is a tool aimed at making the terminal easier to use: it's a GUI that displays a list of commands and an embedded terminal under it. The application comes with a list of commonly used commands by default, each having a short description and if you want to find out more about a certain command, simply right click it and select "Help". This will display the "man" (manual) for the selected command.


You can of course add your own commands to CLI Companion: simply click the "Add" button, then enter your command, an argument (optional) and a description.

To run a command, you just have to select it and click "Apply" and you'll see the output in the embedded terminal. If the command requires an argument, it will prompt you - all using a GUI. You can also run multiple commands in the same time: click the "+" sign on the right and a new tab will open.

Advanced users may also find Cli Companion useful by storing custom commands they came across for easier access and since CliCompanion has a built-in search tool, those commands will be easy to find and run.

[PeterTi]

Just found it:

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gedit ~/.bash_history

And i will try cli companion. Thanks!

[homerscousin]

Thank-you GeneC. I have been wanting to compile a list of commands for some time. This looks like it will keep a database of all my commands with my notes plus a terminal to run them in. Seems easier than searching the net or opening a seperate text file I created.