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Created November 26, 2015 23:50
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Fix for zsh: corrupt history file /home/marc/.zsh_history
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fix_zsh_history.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Borrowed from http://marcparadise.com/blog/2013/09/21/how-to-fix-a-corrupt-history-file/
# If you ever see a message like this upon starting a new shell
# zsh: corrupt history file /home/marc/.zsh_history
# here is a quick fix
cd ~
mv .zsh_history .zsh_history_bad
strings .zsh_history_bad > .zsh_history
# And reload history
fc -R .zsh_history
@bencevans
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Cheers! Worked perfectly 😸

One off curl and run:

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/kolach/fa104674bf2803fb4d54/raw/e2db3adc1a8be7d08bd45e335d5518b714e01b10/fix_zsh_history.sh | zsh

@sanketsingh95
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Great works perfectly ..
just copy past the exact way

@Jorenar
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Jorenar commented Mar 9, 2020

Why not just

strings ~/.zsh_history > ~/.zsh_history
fc -R ~/.zsh_history

@eknock365
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Bless you

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