Give the Executable Permissions to the file

What is a Corrupt Zsh History File?

The zsh terminal keeps a file that stores all the commands you’ve typed before. This file is called the history file. Sometimes, this history file can become corrupt or damaged. When the history file is corrupt, it causes weird errors and makes your terminal act strangely or not work properly. A corrupt history file is like having a messy command notebook with scribbles and mistakes that confuse your terminal instead of helping it remember what you want it to do....

How to Fix a Corrupt zsh History File

1. Corrupt Zsh History File...

1. Corrupt Zsh History File

Sometimes, you may see this message in your terminal :...

2. How to Fix it

First, open your terminal. Type “cd” and press Enter. This takes you to your home directory....

3. Making it a Script

If you want to make it even easier, you can create a little program (called a “script”) that does all these steps for you. Follow the below steps to do that....

4. Give the Executable Permissions to the file

After saving the file with the .zsh extension, you can make it executable by running the following command in your terminal....

5. Run the Script

Then, to run the script and fix your corrupt zsh history file, you would simply type the following command in your terminal....

How to Fix a Corrupt zsh History File – FAQs

What does it mean when I see the “zsh: corrupt history file” error?...

Conclusion

In the end, a corrupt zsh history file can be really annoying, but it’s easy to fix! Just follow the few simple steps we went over, like making a backup of the bad file, creating a new good history file from it, and telling zsh to use the new file. Or, make it even easier by creating a little script program that does all those steps for you with one command. That way, you can get back to typing commands in your terminal without any more weird errors from that pesky corrupt file. Stay calm, follow the instructions, and your zsh terminal will be good as new in no time....