nushell/docs/commands/history.md

---
title: history
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---

Get the command history

## Signature

```> history --clear```

## Parameters

 -  `--clear`: Clears out the history entries

## Examples

Get current history length
```shell
> history | length
```

Show last 5 commands you have ran
```shell
> history | last 5
```

Search all the commands from history that contains 'cargo'
```shell
> history | wrap cmd | where cmd =~ cargo
```