history in linux

sunilvadranapu · 06-25-2008, 01:46 AM

Hi,
in Linux, when we run the command history, from where it will get the hostory and display the output? where that file will be stoted?
any idea??

thanks in advance?

-sunil

tailender · 06-25-2008, 02:26 AM

.history or .bash_history or some thing like that in your home directory/..
press ctrl+h (in gnome any way) and you will see the hidden files

sonaul · 06-25-2008, 04:20 PM

How to append "DAY,DATE,MONTH,YEAR,TIME & ZONE to HISTORY

Set the following environment variable:
Quote:
HISTTIMEFORMAT="%c # "

Then try history command

Cuetzpallin · 06-26-2008, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sonaul

How to append "DAY,DATE,MONTH,YEAR,TIME & ZONE to HISTORY

Set the following environment variable:
Quote:
HISTTIMEFORMAT="%c # "

Then try history command

Nice tip