How do I get the command history in a screen session using Bash?

Question

If I start a screen session with screen -dmS name, how would I access the command history of that screen session with a script?

Using the ↑, the

Answer 1

When you exit a terminal (or shell) the shell writes its history to $HISTFILE, so to get its history in another terminal you can type exit in the terminal you want the history of and it will get written.

cat $HISTFILE
#or tac, less, $EDITOR, ... depending on how you want to "access" it