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Import bash history to zsh history.
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# = This script transfers bash history to zsh history
# = Change bash and zsh history files, if you don't use defaults
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# = Usage: ruby bash_to_zsh_history.rb
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# = Author: Ankit Goyal
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# change if you don't use default values
BASH_HISTORY_FILE_PATH="#{ENV['HOME']}/.bash_history"
ZSH_HISTORY_FILE_PATH="#{ENV['HOME']}/.zsh_history"
# Read the bash history file
bash_hist_file = File.read(BASH_HISTORY_FILE_PATH)
# Get the list of commands from bash history hile
command_list = bash_hist_file.split("\n")
# Open the zsh history file
zsh_hist_file = File.open(ZSH_HISTORY_FILE_PATH, "a")
# Get timestamp required for zsh history file format and update the history file
time = Time.now.to_i
command_list.each do |command|
time += 1
zsh_hist_file.write(": #{time}:0;#{command}\n")
end
# Close the file
zsh_hist_file.close
@mscalora
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mscalora commented Nov 23, 2019

Thanks bigplum & gimpf,

sort ~/.bash_history | uniq | awk '{print ": :0:;"$0}' >> ~/.zsh_history

just what I needed on a VM without ruby installed

@fharper
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fharper commented Dec 2, 2019

Thanks for the script

@Crow-head
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Awesome work! Thank you!

@cellcoresystems
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clean, simple and fast - thx

@cad-asura
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Personally I found awk and PERL to be to heavy weight :) So I went for

cat ~/.bash_history | cut -d' ' -f1- | sort | uniq | xargs -I % echo ": $(date +%s):0;" % >> ~/.zsh_history

@frostyandy2k
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Personally I found awk and PERL to be to heavy weight :) So I went for

cat ~/.bash_history | cut -d' ' -f1- | sort | uniq | xargs -I % echo ": $(date +%s):0;" % >> ~/.zsh_history

This worked like a charm on OSX Catalina from bash to zsh.

@bsa7
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bsa7 commented Aug 6, 2020

Script is working for me. Ubuntu 20.20. History moved. Thank you!

@JuniorJPDJ
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Guys ;)
cp ~/.bash_history ~/.zsh_history works
Probably zsh wrote some import from just cmdlines in history

@samypr100
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Since I didn't see trusty old sed, here's one I made with my friend sed

cat ~/.bash_history | uniq | sed "s/^/\: $(date +%s)\:0;/" >> ~/.zsh_history

@brutoid
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brutoid commented Jun 18, 2022

Since I didn't see trusty old sed, here's one I made with my friend sed

cat ~/.bash_history | uniq | sed "s/^/\: $(date +%s)\:0;/" >> ~/.zsh_history

Works a treat. Cheers.

@remotelyimin
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Thanks a lot brother.

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