Where is the default zsh history file?

Question

HISTFILE isn't set in my .zshrc file.

To which file is zsh history saved by default?

Or, is the history just being stored in memory?

Lexis

Is HISTFILE set in your environment? echo $HISTFILE – Exeunt

It is usually ~/.zhistory – Shavers

Answer 1

Zsh has no built-in default value for HISTFILE. The zsh distribution comes with a setup wizard for new users which has the value ~/.zsh_history built in...

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Alper

Answer 2

For me it was ~/.zsh_history

You can also check with echo $HISTFILE

Curtcurtail

~/.histfile for me :-( I'm on Ubuntu, and no, I didn't set $HISTFILE. – Hives