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# save history to ~/.bash_history as soon as command is run
export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'
# save unlimited history
# osx doesn't seem to respect =-1 or = options
export HISTSIZE=9999999999
export HISTFILESIZE=999999999
# osx doesn't actually respect this and it'll fall back to unix timestamp (which we want)
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "
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jayakumarc commented Mar 25, 2020 •
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Thanks for this gist.
We can do this to keep the existing PROMPT_COMMAND,

export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND"

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