In order to display the last five commands you have entered using the history command, you would type ___________.

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In order to display the last five commands you have entered using the history command, you would type ___________.

Answer: history 5
The history command displays the commands you have previously entered. By passing it an argument of 5, only the last five commands will be displayed.

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