Description of problem: csh does not load a corrupted history file, showing this error messge: Can't load history: $< line too long. This behavior is expected, although the leading "$< " is annoying, but the maximum line size in the history file is not documented, which may confuse the user. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tcsh-6.18.01-17.el7_9.1.x86_64 How reproducible: always. Steps to Reproduce: not applicable. Actual results: the manual page does not document the maximum line size in the history file. Expected results: the manual page should document the maximum line size in the history file. Additional info: The maximum line length is hard-coded in sh.lex.c: $ fgrep -n -B1 -e TOOLONG tcsh-6.18.01/sh.lex.c 188- if (enterhist && toolong++ > 10 * 1024) 189: stderror(ERR_LTOOLONG); -- 306- if (enterhist && toolong++ > 256 * 1024) 307: stderror(ERR_WTOOLONG); -- 366- if (enterhist && toolong++ > 256 * 1024) 367: stderror(ERR_WTOOLONG); So they are 256k characters in a word (including the leading space/newline) and 10k works in a line. The same behavior (and lack of documentation) is seen on RHEL 8 and RHEL 9, this bug may be just cloned accordingly, if it's not considered severe enough to be fixed on RHEL 7.