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Fix corrupt ZSH history file

Problem

zsh: corrupt history file /home/bryancs/.zsh_history

Solution:

mv ~/.zsh_history ~/.zsh_history_bad
strings ~/.zsh_history_bad > ~/.zsh_history
fc -R ~/.zsh_history
rm ~/.zsh_history_bad

Explanation

  • mv ~/.zsh_history ~/.zsh_history_bad - move corrupt file
  • strings ~/.zsh_history_bad > ~/.zsh_history - use strings command to extract strings from corrupt file to new zsh_history file
  • fc -R ~/.zsh_history - use fc command to read history from the new zsh_history file
  • rm ~/.zsh_history_bad - delete corrupt history file
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