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Old 12-19-2007, 02:06 AM   #1
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time when a command was executed.


Hi all,
I know that previously executed commands can be listed using "history" command. I'd like to know if i can find the time when a command was executed. Is there any log files from which i can fetch this info? pl let me know.
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Old 12-19-2007, 02:15 AM   #2
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If the shell variable HISTTIMEFORMAT is set and not null, it is used as a format string for
strftime(3) to display the time stamp associated with each displayed history entry. No intervening blank is printed between the formatted time stamp and the history line.
 
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Note: was introduced in bash 3.x

Older version know nothing about it.



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Old 12-21-2007, 02:09 AM   #4
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Thanks!!!

hi there,
thanks a lot! appending HISTTIME="%D %T " to .bashrc worked! thanks again
rgds
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