If you encounter a corrupt zsh history file, it can lead to errors when starting the shell. This guide provides a simple method to recover and fix your zsh history file.
Symptom#
When starting zsh, an error occurs:
zsh: corrupt history file /home/go/.zsh_history
How to fix it#
cd ~
mv .zsh_history .zsh_history_bad
strings .zsh_history_bad > .zsh_history
fc -R .zsh_history
rm ~/.zsh_history_bad