Delete history from 100 to 150 entries in bash shell

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I want to delete history but not fully, suppose I have total 200 entries in my history and I want to delete from 101 to 150. Is this possible ?

I have seen multiple methods to delete history like history -d entry_number, .bash_history file, history -c command.

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I want to delete history but not fully, suppose I have total 200 entries in my history and I want to delete from 101 to 150. Is this possible ?

I have seen multiple methods to delete history like history -d entry_number, .bash_history file, history -c command.

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I want to delete history but not fully, suppose I have total 200 entries in my history and I want to delete from 101 to 150. Is this possible ?

I have seen multiple methods to delete history like history -d entry_number, .bash_history file, history -c command.

edited Nov 30 at 10:41

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asked Nov 30 at 5:38

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I want to delete history but not fully, suppose I have total 200 entries in my history and I want to delete from 101 to 150. Is this possible ?

I have seen multiple methods to delete history like history -d entry_number, .bash_history file, history -c command.

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edited Nov 30 at 10:41

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You can try this

for i in 1..50
 do
 history -d 101
 done

This will delete history number 101 50 times or each time it deletes history number 101 next time 102 will become 101.

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If you have vim you can do:

vim -c "101,150d | wq" your_file

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You can try this

for i in 1..50
 do
 history -d 101
 done

This will delete history number 101 50 times or each time it deletes history number 101 next time 102 will become 101.

edited Nov 30 at 14:47

answered Nov 30 at 8:25

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You can try this

for i in 1..50
 do
 history -d 101
 done

This will delete history number 101 50 times or each time it deletes history number 101 next time 102 will become 101.

edited Nov 30 at 14:47

answered Nov 30 at 8:25

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You can try this

for i in 1..50
 do
 history -d 101
 done

This will delete history number 101 50 times or each time it deletes history number 101 next time 102 will become 101.

edited Nov 30 at 14:47

answered Nov 30 at 8:25

Debian_yadav

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You can try this

for i in 1..50
 do
 history -d 101
 done

This will delete history number 101 50 times or each time it deletes history number 101 next time 102 will become 101.

edited Nov 30 at 14:47

answered Nov 30 at 8:25

Debian_yadav

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If you have vim you can do:

vim -c "101,150d | wq" your_file

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If you have vim you can do:

vim -c "101,150d | wq" your_file

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If you have vim you can do:

vim -c "101,150d | wq" your_file

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If you have vim you can do:

vim -c "101,150d | wq" your_file

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