[kwlug-disc] bash: HISTTIMEFORMAT

[CrankyOldBugger]

Nice one!

On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 at 03:11, Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net> wrote:

> It turns out that by setting the environment variable HISTTIMEFORMAT
> on startup to something like "%Y-%m-%dT%T " bash will both display
> the timestamp of all commands when you use the 'history' command,
> but also store the timestamps in the .bash_history file.
>
> Now I have an automatic trail of timed breadcrumbs in case I need it,
> for all my shell work.
>
> Just passing along the tip.
>
> - Chris
>
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