ZSH iterm2 increase number of lines history

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xxjjnn picture xxjjnn · Sep 17, 2012 · Viewed 48.1k times · Source

Not sure if this is zsh, iterm2 or the interaction between them. Trying to change the number of recallable lines in the terminal - not the command history, the output history.

In .zshrc I have :

HISTFILE=~/.histfile
HISTSIZE=100000
SAVEHIST=100000

This seems to be ignored =(

Not sure of the correct term to google, "Terminal output history?"

Answer

Travis picture Travis · Feb 19, 2015

It's not immediately obvious in the iTerm2 documentation on how to change it.

  • open the iTerm2 preferences ⌘ + ,
  • select the Profiles tab
  • then select the Terminal subtab
  • Beware, changes to the Scrollback lines value take effect immediately so check Unlimited scrollback now if you don't want to delete your current buffer(s)
  • change the value of the Scrollback Lines to whatever you'd like
  • Uncheck the Unlimited scrollback option if you'd like to use your Scrollback lines value

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