History with last n commands

The history command return the last n executed command on the terminal/command line prompt.

$ history -10
   1036  ./exercise
   1037  clang exercise.cpp -o exercise
   1038  ./exercise
   1039  g++ -version
   1040  g++ --version
   1041  gcc --version
   1042  /usr/bin/gcc --version
   1043  history 1 | grep g++
   1044  history  | grep g++
   1045  clear
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