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Author: stevencohn

Modules/Scripts/Get-HistoryEx.ps1

@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ Begin
 {
 $script:id = 1
 
+function MeasureHistory
+{
+# counts all lines so we can adjust the offset when only tailing
+$count = (Get-Content $savePath | Measure-Object).Count
+write-host "lines=$count"
+$script:id = $count - $last + 1
+}
+
 function GetHistory
 {
 if ($last -gt 0 -and $match -ne $null)
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ Begin
 }
 Process
 {
-$script:last = 0
+$script:last = 40
 $script:match = $null
 
 # because I'm too lazy to remember param names...
@@ -74,5 +82,6 @@ Process
 
 $script:savePath = (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath
 
+MeasureHistory
 GetHistory
 }