Not sure if this is what you're after :
typing "history" gives you a list of the last commands.
To get a historical command to rerun use the exclamation mark - eg :
unix%: history
1001 vi render.php
1002 vi add_item.php
1003 vi render.php
1004 vi edit_blog_item.php
1005 vi edit_page.php
1006 vi edit_blog.php
1007 history
unix%: !h
...will run the history command again - the last one beginning with h.
or
unix%: !1003
will run item 1003 (vi render.php) from the list