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Keep all of your shell history forever
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keep_history.shell
HOSTNAME_SHORT="${HOSTNAME%%.*}"
his ()
{
grep -r "$@" ~/.history
history | grep "$@"
}
export HISTFILESIZE=10000
export HISTFILE="${HOME}/.history/$(date -u +%Y/%m/%d.%H.%M.%S)_${HOSTNAME_SHORT}_$$"
mkdir -p $(dirname $HISTFILE)
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