To Work With the Command Window

How to show, hide, or resize the command window, and work with the extended command history.

Open or Close the Command Window

Do one of the following:

• Click Window menu > Command Line.
• Press CMD 3
• At the Command prompt, enter COMMANDLINE or COMMANDLINEHIDE.

Resize the Command Window

1. Position the cursor over the horizontal splitter bar so that the cursor is displayed as a double line and arrows.
   
2. Drag the splitter bar vertically until the command window is the size you want it to be.

Display Extended Command History

• Click the arrow at the right end of the command window.

Control the Display of Recent Input

1. At the Command prompt, enter INPUTHISTORYMODE.
2. Enter a sum of one or more of the following values:
   • 0. No history of recent input is displayed.
   • 1. History of recent input is displayed at the Command prompt with access through Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.
   • 2. History of recent input for the current command is displayed in the shortcut menu.
   • 4. History of recent input for all commands in the current session is displayed in the shortcut menu.
   • 8. Markers for recent input of point locations are displayed in the drawing.

   The default value is 15.

3. (Optional) To specify how many values entered at a Command prompt are remembered and displayed as recent input, enter CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX.

Copy or Save the Command Window History

• To copy all the text in the Command History to the Clipboard, right-click and select Copy History from the shortcut menu, or enter the COPYHIST command.
• To save commands automatically to a log file starting with the next command, enter the LOGFILEON command. Enter LOGFILENAME to see the log file name and location.