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Linux better command history
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# better command line history: more commands kept, aggregate, add timestamp
# www.fduran.com
# add in /etc/profile
shopt -s histappend
HISTSIZE=10000
HISTTIMEFORMAT="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;history -c;history -r;$PROMPT_COMMAND"
# see 'date' formats for other timestamp formats
# test after logging in:
history |less
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