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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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