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History Functions
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   This section describes the calling sequence for the various functions
exported by the GNU History library.

Initializing History and State Management

Functions to call when you

want to use history in a program.

History List Management

Functions used to manage the list

of history entries.

Information About the History List

Functions returning information about

the history list.

Moving Around the History List

Functions used to change the position

in the history list.

Searching the History List

Functions to search the history list

for entries containing a string.

Managing the History File

Functions that read and write a file

containing the history list.

History Expansion

Functions to perform csh-like history

expansion.