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When running interactively Octave saves the commands you type in an internal buffer so that you can recall and edit them. Emacs and vi editing modes are available with Emacs keybindings enabled by default.
When Octave exits the current command history is saved to the file
~/.octave_hist
and each time Octave starts, it inserts the
contents of the ~/.octave_hist
file in the history list so that
it is easy to begin working where you left off.