Bash history
Bash Command history feature allows to recall, edit and rerun previous commands. Also allows commands to be saved using the history -a command[1][2].
Variables to control Bash History:
Usage
- Basic example:
export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'
- Advanced examples:
echo 'export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "' >> ~/.bash_profile[5]export PROMPT_COMMAND='if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo "$(date "+%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S") $(pwd) $(history 1)" >> ~/.logs/bash-history-$(date "+%Y-%m-%d").log; fi'[6]- Sending history to syslog (needs recompiling source): Bash also support syslog capabilities at compiling time[7] but it is not enabled by default in most distributions: https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/d233b485e83c3a784b803fb894280773f16f2deb/config-top.h
Activities
- Install https://github.com/ohmybash bash customization
See also
Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Bash_programming/Bash_History
- ↑ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/145250/where-is-bashs-history-stored
- ↑ https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Bash-History-Builtins
- ↑ <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-HISTFILE
- ↑ https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-HISTTIMEFORMAT
- ↑ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-bash-history-display-date-time/
- ↑ https://gist.github.com/NISH1001/bf2b713418b4e2ede8e6a7373b42c4c1
- ↑ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/457107/sending-bash-history-to-syslog
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