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Simon Fowler edited this page Jun 30, 2017 · 1 revision

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Disclaimers:

Intents

this is not intended to become a security tool - it's meant only for enhancing the default shell history`

`bash` Users

default history settings are modified
- HISTCONTROL is zeroed out to disable the ignoredups and ignorespace options
- HISTTIMEFORMAT is set to "%s " to make it possible to calculate command duration
your existing PROMPT_COMMAND variable will be renamed
- if you already define a PROMPT_COMMAND function, it will be renamed to ASH_PROMPT_COMMAND and executed after the command has been logged
PIPESTATUS is renamed ASH_PIPESTATUS

`zsh` Users

your default history settings will be modified`
- extended history will be enabled via setopt extended_history
- immediate history-file appending will be enabled by setopt inc_append_history
- if SAVEHIST is less than 1, it will be bumped up to 1
pipestatus is renamed ASH_PIPESTATUS