# IRb History

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-history/99062>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 20, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-history/99062 "2006-07-20T02:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-history/99062/1 "2006-07-20T02:07:54Z")

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Watching the other IRb thread, I’m getting the hint that it has a  
built-in history now. Is that correct? I’m not seeing it in the  
help. Is there an option for it?

I have a hand-rolled hack in my config file for it, but would trade  
up for native support.

Thanks.

James Edward G. II

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**Author:** ![bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@bbazzarrakk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bbazzarrakk)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/irb-history/99062/2 "2006-07-20T04:41:00Z")

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On Jul 19, 2006, at 8:05 PM, James Edward G. II wrote:

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I thought it always had history…you just need to hack it to have  
history between sessions. I think they are talking about per irb  
session history in the other thread.