In the following example, If you want to repeat the command #4, execute !4 as shown below.
# history | more
1 service network restart
2 exit
3 id
4 cat /etc/redhat-release
# !4
cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 9 (Sulphur)
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I set an alias and use tail
alias h=’history | tail’
That way when your history gets long, you only see the most recently commands you executed.
you could also do one that lets you control the number of results:
alias hn=’history | tail -n $1′