Windows: View Command Prompt History
Are you a command prompt junkie? Well then you could do with this tip!
Did you know that you could cycle through a list of all the commands that you’ve typed in a particular session using the up and down arrows on your keyboard.
You can also change the size of this history list by clicking the command button in the upper left corner, selecting the Properties command and and then changing the buffer size number on the Options tab under Command History.
By default, the buffer size is set to 50, which means that the command history can potentially contain a lot of commands, making it difficult to cycle through all the commands that you’ve typed by using the up and down arrows on your keyboard. Fortunately, there’s an easier way.
At the command prompt, enter the following command:
DOSKEY /history
When you do so, you’ll see a full listing of all the commands that you’ve entered in a current session.
Note: This tip applies to both Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional.
VIA TechRepublic


September 5th, 2008 at 11:09 am
How do you recall the command history in windows Vista, since it is not the same??
September 6th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Hi, Joel, thank you for commenting. I do not know the answer, but I will research and get back to you.