Solved Weird numbers in my csh history

[YZMSQ]

Hi,

These days I find my csh history list unusual, many strange random numbers appear there, just like below:

    justin@darkgeek-freebsd.pts/3 ~ % history 
    ...skip...
    26  14:08   netstat -an -f inet -p tcp
    27  14:08   netstat -an -f inet -man ne#+1428#+14288drill #+1428895704
    28  9:32    man netstat
    29  11:29   netstat -i -f tcp
    30  11:29   netstat -i -f http
    31  11:29   netstat -i
    32  11:29   man netstat
    33  11:31   netstat -an -f inet -p tcp #+1428896056
    34  11:31   netstat -an -f inet -p vim #+1428896056
    ...skip...

Look at line 27, 33 and 34. I don't know where the weird numbers (like #+1428896056) come from.

P.S.: My computer has FreeBSD 10.1 installed, and here is my cshrc file.

 

[SirDice]

It looks like your ~/.history file got corrupted somewhere. Normally it looks something like this:

#+1429166278
cd /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/
#+1429166278
poudriere bulk -j 10-desktop -f /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/desktop.lst
#+1429349188
exit

There's a line with a timestamp code (#+1429349188 for example) followed by a line with the actual command. And it looks like yours might be missing a newline here and there.

 

[YZMSQ]

It looks like your ~/.history file got corrupted somewhere. Normally it looks something like this:

#+1429166278
cd /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/
#+1429166278
poudriere bulk -j 10-desktop -f /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/desktop.lst
#+1429349188
exit

There's a line with a timestamp code (#+1429349188 for example) followed by a line with the actual command. And it looks like yours might be missing a newline here and there.

Thanks, I checked my ~/.history file and soon found the corruption you mentioned:

#+1429232306
nslookup bbs.hupu.com 199.85.12sudo #+1428548158
#+1429232306
nslookup hupu.com 199.85sudo ser#+1428548151
#+1429232306
cat /var/unbound/unboundvim /v#+1428548132
#+1429232306
drill -vc www.mgit push -u origin master
#+1429232306
drill www.myp2pch.negit add -A . && gi#+1428489312
#+1429232306
drill www.myp2pch.teln#+1428489303
#+1429232306
ssh lab603@10.1.16.60p#+1428489294
#+1429232306
sudo service sps auxwww | grep dnsmasq
#+1429232306
sudo service simpsudo rm /usr/local/etc#+1428456855
#+1429232306
sudo service dnsmasq stop

Seems that I have to clear all the history records as a workaround to this issue.

 

[YZMSQ]

If you want to save your history, you can use an editor and edit the corrupted lines.

OK, thanks.

 

[mrmarria]

Related weird history: mine was acting very odd suddenly in root's history. Finally I noticed that .cshrc had multiple entries while copying it over to a .tcshrc for editing and use.

set history = 100
set savehist = (100 merge)

Then again later in

# set prompt = "\[$(tput bold)\]\[$(tput setaf 4)\][\u\[$(tput setaf 1)\]@\h \W]\[$(tput setaf 6)\]\\$ \[$(tput sgr0)\]"
  set promptchars = "%#"

  set filec
  set history = 100
  set savehist = (100 merge)
  set autolist = ambiguous
  # Use history to aid expansion

Commenting out (or deleting) the first two fixed the problem immediately.
Hopefully this will help somebody else scratching their head too long.....

 

[Crivens]

Commenting out (or deleting) the first two fixed the problem immediately.
Hopefully this will help somebody else scratching their head too long.....

Great!
By now I am almost bald, but I think it will grow back now. Thank you all