[kwlug-disc] bash: HISTTIMEFORMAT

nafdef nafdef at gmail.com
Wed Mar 4 12:30:48 EST 2026


version problem?

On Wednesday, 4 Mar 2026, 11:51, wrote:

> That option doesn't work in bash's history built-in function. You'd have
to use zsh instead. On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 at 11:37, Alex Kleider via
kwlug-disc < kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote: > Doesn't seem to work on my
Debian XFCE system (a release or two ago.) > $ history -i > bash: history:
-i: invalid option > history: usage: history [-c] [-d offset] [n] or
history -anrw [filename] > or history -ps arg [arg...] > > Alex Kleider
(set from my current gizmo) > > On Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 at 6:02 AM,
Jason Eckert < > jason.eckert at gmail.com> wrote: > > Like Raymond, the
'history -i' command has been my go-to for ages. > I switched to zsh long
ago for aesthetic consistency... it matches zfs, > zswap, etc… I’m nothing
if not alphabetically aligned. > > On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 at 08:52, Raymond
Chen > wrote: > >> Very nice! BTW, in zsh it's `history -i`. >> >>




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