NAME

       history - Manipulate the history list

SYNOPSIS

       history ?option? ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION

       The  history  command  performs  one  of  several  operations related to recently-executed
       commands recorded in a history list.  Each of these recorded commands is referred to as an
       ``event''.   When  specifying  an event to the history command, the following forms may be
       used:

       [1]    A number:  if positive, it refers to the event with that  number  (all  events  are
              numbered  starting  at 1).  If the number is negative, it selects an event relative
              to the current event (-1 refers to the previous event, -2 to the one  before  that,
              and so on).  Event 0 refers to the current event.

       [2]    A  string:   selects  the  most  recent event that matches the string.  An event is
              considered to match the string either if the  string  is  the  same  as  the  first
              characters  of  the  event,  or if the string matches the event in the sense of the
              string match command.

       The history command can take any of the following forms:

       history
              Same as history info, described below.

       history add command ?exec?
              Adds the command argument to the history list as a new event.  If exec is specified
              (or  abbreviated) then the command is also executed and its result is returned.  If
              exec isn't specified then an empty string is returned as result.

       history change newValue ?event?
              Replaces the value recorded for an event with newValue.  Event specifies the  event
              to  replace,  and  defaults  to  the current event (not event -1).  This command is
              intended for use in commands that implement new forms of history  substitution  and
              wish to replace the current event (which invokes the substitution) with the command
              created through substitution.  The return value is an empty string.

       history clear
              Erase the history list.  The current keep limit is  retained.   The  history  event
              numbers are reset.

       history event ?event?
              Returns the value of the event given by event.  Event defaults to -1.

       history info ?count?
              Returns  a  formatted  string (intended for humans to read) giving the event number
              and contents for each of the events in the history list except the  current  event.
              If count is specified then only the most recent count events are returned.

       history keep ?count?
              This  command  may  be used to change the size of the history list to count events.
              Initially, 20 events are retained in the history list.  If count is not  specified,
              the current keep limit is returned.

       history nextid
              Returns  the  number  of  the next event to be recorded in the history list.  It is
              useful for things like printing the event number in command-line prompts.

       history redo ?event?
              Re-executes the command indicated by event and returns its result.  Event  defaults
              to -1.  This command results in history revision:  see below for details.

HISTORY REVISION

       Pre-8.0  Tcl  had  a  complex  history  revision mechanism.  The current mechanism is more
       limited, and the old history operations substitute and words have  been  removed.   (As  a
       consolation, the clear operation was added.)

       The history option redo results in much simpler ``history revision''.  When this option is
       invoked then the most recent event is  modified  to  eliminate  the  history  command  and
       replace  it  with the result of the history command.  If you want to redo an event without
       modifying history, then use the event operation  to  retrieve  some  event,  and  the  add
       operation to add it to history and execute it.

KEYWORDS

       event, history, record