Error running the history command

UNIX AIX
1

When I try to run the history command from the prompt i get the following error:

$ history
ksh: cd: 0403-011 The specified substitution is not valid for this command.

ON running history with a parameter I get the following
$ history -10
ksh: cd: 0403-008 The number of parameters specified is not correct.

I have not defined history in my .profile
also runnning which command returns following:
$ which history
which: 0652-141 There is no history /usr/bin /usr/local/bin etc..
that means the history command is not found..

Other users are able to run the same command . I just don't understand where is my shell picking the history command from?

It shows "ksh: cd:" which means cd command is getting executed...

Please help ...:confused:

2

You can have a try as follow if you want:
# find / -name history
And then add the path in your profile.
Good luck!

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Still you can build a link to the path that already in your profile.

3

Thanks for reply allanwang77, but i think you have not followed my problem. The history command is working for other users on the same machine and giving problems to me..

$ history
ksh: cd: 0403-011 The specified substitution is not valid for this command.

which clearly shows its picking the script from somewhere where there is a 'cd' command involved....

even running 'which' command doesn't show this history script anywhere in the path..

4

My server can run history as well, but the check working same with you:
-bash-3.00$ man history
Manual entry for history not found or not installed.
-bash-3.00$ which history
which: 0652-141 There is no history in /usr/linux/bin /usr/bin /etc /usr/sbin /usr/ucb /usr/bin/X11 /sbin /usr/java14/jre/bin /usr/java14/bin /usr/python/bin.
-bash-3.00$ whereis history
history:
The only different is I used bash.

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Do you think that is the problem?

And if you login server used the same userid as others'?

5

history usually is a shell-builtin.
What is the output of

type history
6

history is usually an alias for "fc -l".
As advised above, what is the output from

type history

Also, what Shell are you running?

echo $SHELL

(I realise that your prompt says bash)

7

Thank you all so very much.
I had an alias set for fc='cd /home/user/src/bin' in my .profile
Guess thats the reason why history didn't work for me as clearly pointed by cero and methyl, its an alias for 'fc -l'.
I renamed the alias fc as fc1 and everything started working for me again..

Thanks as ton to cero,methyl and allanwang77 ..:slight_smile: