Setting up MVN with a Terminal.bat file

SET JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_45
SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\mywork\programs\apache-maven-3.2.1-bin\apache-maven-3.2.1\bin
start cmd /k echo Hello, World!

CNTRL R to work in all terminals.

Added the line

export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'

in vi /home/byorn/.bashrc at the very end.