[terminal-survey]

> i've got ~20 bashes open in various tmux configurations. the amount of times i lost command history is infuriating (e.g. due to reboot or whatever).

zsh does (has an option to) commit commands to the history file immediately when you execute the command. Makes me hate bash even more when I have to use it occasionally on a server.

[chainsaw10]

You can do something similar with bash. If you set PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a', it'll append to the history file right after the command completes (because the prompt command is run as the prompt is printed).

[baq]

thanks, i'm sure you've just saved a couple hours for a future me :)

[foobarian]

I use an eternal history setup for bash, with bash session tags that let me sort history by tag for correct backward-search behavior.

(edit) Not to imply this functionality belongs to a terminal, far from it. But it's nice to have access to 2 years of shell commands :-)