diff --git a/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/control/CommandInputFieldWithHistory.java b/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/control/CommandInputFieldWithHistory.java
index 29b264c4e22..e461f6979ae 100644
--- a/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/control/CommandInputFieldWithHistory.java
+++ b/terminal/org.eclipse.tm.terminal/src/org/eclipse/tm/internal/terminal/control/CommandInputFieldWithHistory.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  * Michael Scharf (Wing River) - [211659] Add field assist to terminal input field
  * Michael Scharf (Wing River) - [196447] The optional terminal input line should be resizeable
  * Martin Oberhuber (Wind River) - [168197] Fix Terminal for CDC-1.1/Foundation-1.1
+ * Michael Scharf (Wing River) - [236458] Fix 168197 lost the last entry 
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.tm.internal.terminal.control;
 
import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.IContentProposal;
 import org.eclipse.jface.fieldassist.IContentProposalProvider;
@@ -146,16 +148,9 @@ public class CommandInputFieldWithHistory implements ICommandInputField {
 		// add history entries separated by '\n'
 		// fHistory.addAll(Arrays.asList(history.split("\n"))); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		//<J2ME CDC-1.1 Foundation-1.1 variant>
-		int i = 0;
-		int j = history.indexOf('\n');
-		while (j > i) {
-			fHistory.add(history.substring(i, j));
-			do {
-				j++;
-			} while (j < history.length() && history.charAt(j) == '\n');
-			i = j;
-			j = history.indexOf('\n', i);
-		}
+		StringTokenizer tok=new StringTokenizer(history,"\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+		while(tok.hasMoreElements())
+			fHistory.add(tok.nextElement());
 		//</J2ME CDC-1.1 Foundation-1.1 variant>
 	}
 	/**