List unique result only on history command

Question

I ran this command

history | cut -c 8-

It listed all the history commands as expected without line numbers.

I'm wondering if there is a way to list only unique one.

I've tried

history | cut -c 8- | sort -u

doesn't seem to work.

Trying to avoid seeing same commands in history. I’m trying to documents what I did for the pass months and see a lot of commands is confusing — code-8, Sep 24, 2019 at 19:52

FedKad · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-27 19:52:28Z

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To get the names of the commands only, you can use this:

history | cut -f4 -d\  | sort -u

Or for better results, you can use this:

history | sort -u -b -k2,2

answered Sep 24, 2019 at 18:50

FedKad

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That command showed a lot of number
– code-8
Sep 25, 2019 at 21:09
@kyo : Can you try history | sort -u -b -k2,2 ?
– FedKad
Sep 27, 2019 at 19:52
that seems working fine.
– code-8
Sep 30, 2019 at 19:19

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