Cisco Systems 1300 Series Changing the Command History Buffer Size, Recalling Commands, Action

Chapter 6 Using the Command-Line Interface

Using Command History

Changing the Command History Buffer Size

By default, the access point/bridge records ten command lines in its history buffer. Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, enter this command to change the number of command lines that the access point/bridge records during the current terminal session:

br# terminal history [size number-of-lines]

The range is from 0 to 256.

Beginning in line configuration mode, enter this command to configure the number of command lines the access point/bridge records for all sessions on a particular line:

br(config-line)# history [size number-of-lines]

The range is from 0 to 256.

Recalling Commands

To recall commands from the history buffer, perform one of the actions listed in Table 6-4:

Table 6-4	Recalling Commands
Action		Result
Press Ctrl-Por the up arrow key.1		Recalls commands in the history buffer, beginning with the most recent command.
		Repeat the key sequence to recall successively older commands.
Press Ctrl-Nor the down arrow key.1		Returns to more recent commands in the history buffer after recalling commands
		with Ctrl-Por the up arrow key. Repeats the key sequence to recall successively
		more recent commands.
show history		While in privileged EXEC mode, lists the last several commands that you just
		entered. The number of commands that are displayed is determined by the setting
		of the terminal history global configuration command and history line
		configuration command.

1. The arrow keys function only on ANSI-compatible terminals such as VT100s.

Disabling the Command History Feature

The command history feature is automatically enabled.

To disable the feature during the current terminal session, enter the terminal no history privileged EXEC command.

To disable command history for the line, enter the no history line configuration command.

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