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How to get shared history in Eshell, eshell shared history across sessions
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shared-history.el
;;; Shared history in the eshell
(require 'eshell)
(setq eshell-history-append t)
(setq eshell-save-history-on-exit nil)
(setq eshell-hist-ignoredups t)
(add-hook 'eshell-post-command-hook (lambda ()
(eshell-write-history eshell-history-file-name t)
(eshell-read-history eshell-history-file-name t)))
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