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Enable history in IEX through #erlang (OTP 20) ⏳

If you are using the latest version of Erlang, OTP 20 now ships with shell history, so you can use Ctrl-p / Ctrl-n or the up/down arrow keys.

The shell history is turned off by default though, so you will have to turn it on by adding the following to your .zshrc/.bashrc etc.

export ERL_AFLAGS="-kernel shell_history enabled"

Once you do that make sure to source your bash config file or open a new window.

Every subsequent iex session will now have shell history. 🚀

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