tmux/Command/show-prompt-history

• tmux show-prompt-history [-T prompt-type]
  • Display the history of entries typed at the tmux/Command/Prompt, newest last.
  • (alias: showphist)
  • Without -T, every prompt type is printed in turn, each under a History for <type>: heading and numbered from 1.

    • History for command:
      1: set -g mode-keys vi
      2: set status-keys vi
      History for search:

  • -T limits output to one type: command, search, target, or window-target. Anything else fails with invalid type: <name>.
    • The type comes from the -T flag on the command-prompt invocation that opened the prompt. Prompts bound without -T — rename session, rename window, Prefix f — land in command.
  • History belongs to the server, not a session, and is held in memory. It survives detaching but not kill-server, unless the history-file server option names a file to save it to.
  • prompt-history-limit (server option, default 100) caps how many entries each type keeps.
  • clear-prompt-history (alias clearphist) is the counterpart, taking the same -T.
  • Documented under STATUS LINE in the man page, alongside the other tmux/Status Line commands, since the prompt is drawn there.
  • Nothing is bound to it by default; run it as tmux show-prompt-history from a shell or as show-prompt-history from the prompt itself.
  • Context and worked examples: tmux/Command/Prompt/Q/How can I see the history of commands I entered?