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Created September 15, 2014 15:40
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CMD examples: HISTSIZE check
```
jim@jdsdrop1:~# echo "HISTSIZE=$HISTSIZE"; c=1; while [ $c -le $HISTSIZE ]; do printf "."; [ `expr $c % 100` = 0 ] && printf ": count $c\n"; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
HISTSIZE=1000
....................................................................................................: count 100
....................................................................................................: count 200
....................................................................................................: count 300
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....................................................................................................: count 500
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jim@jdsdrop1:~# ( test -n "$HISTSIZE" && echo $HISTSIZE) && export HISTSIZE=1500; echo $HISTSIZE
1000
1500
jim@jdsdrop1:~# echo "HISTSIZE=$HISTSIZE"; c=1; while [ $c -le $HISTSIZE ]; do printf "."; [ `expr $c % 100` = 0 ] && printf ": count $c\n"; c=`expr $c + 1`; done
HISTSIZE=1500
....................................................................................................: count 100
....................................................................................................: count 200
....................................................................................................: count 300
....................................................................................................: count 400
....................................................................................................: count 500
....................................................................................................: count 600
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....................................................................................................: count 1000
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....................................................................................................: count 1500
```
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