List all commands from current section starting at the beginning of the history, pausing, one screen at a time: fc -l 0 |less Do the same, but omit the line numbers: fc -l -n 0 |less Edit previous command number 196 with editor defined in FCEDIT, then execute the command again when exiting the editor: fc 196 Execute command number 196 from history without invoking editor: fc -e - 196