Dan Am wrote:

Ok chaps, a simple but longtime not answered question: Where is the history on Linux Systems. Easy, you say, ".bash_history", but then is it ? From different terminals I get different history strings, and I'd like to know, where these are stored. I asked this at different times, nobody really seemed to know. Another try: Who knows ?

The .bash_history file is read when you login or start an interective shell. Each session then maintains its own history. When you logout, that history is written into the .bash_history file. At least, that's how it should work ;-) sjb