Ubuntu – create a separate bash history file for each terminal profile

bashbashrcgnome-terminal

I use a bash script to start gnome-terminal with multiple tabs, each tab using a different profile, working directory, and in some cases executing a command within the tab.

In this situation, I'd like for the up arrow key to retrieve commands that were used in a specific tab. Is this possible?

Best Answer

I suppose you can use a gnome-terminal custom command for each profile, for example

bash -c 'PROFILE=default_profile exec bash'

or

bash -c 'PROFILE=screen_profile exec screen -U'

or similar.

Then in ~/.bashrc

if [[ -n $PROFILE ]]; then
    HISTFILE=~/.bash_history."$PROFILE"
fi
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