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Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands (github.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's not my point. Every shell already has history. What's the difference here?

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 4 points 1 month ago

It has a nice interface for searching history - nicer than the history search included with the shells I've used
It has a "workspace" mode - it remembers which directory commands were run in, which gives you the option to limit history search to commands run in the same directory, which are often most relevant to the project you're working on in that directory
If you want you can back up, or sync history to multiple machines. I know I've been in situations where I know the command I want is in history, but it's in history on my desktop, and I'm on my laptop at the moment

[–] JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Bash by default limits history to ~1000 items iirc, and doesn't store anything but the command itself