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Can I create a separate bash history file for each terminal profile?

rated 0 times [ 17] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 7356 / 2 Years ago, thu, april 7, 2022, 3:58:17

I use a bash script to start gnome-terminal with multiple tabs, each tab using a different profile, working directory, and in some cases executing a command within the tab.

In this situation, I'd like for the up arrow key to retrieve commands that were used in a specific tab. Is this possible?

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answered 2 Years ago sweetrifiabl · Accepted Answer

I suppose you can use a gnome-terminal custom command for each profile, for example

bash -c 'PROFILE=default_profile exec bash'

or

bash -c 'PROFILE=screen_profile exec screen -U'

or similar.

Then in ~/.bashrc

if [[ -n $PROFILE ]]; then

    HISTFILE=~/.bash_history."$PROFILE"

fi