Tool or Utility to log commands history

24x7CSM · Apr 2, 2019

Hi Guys,

which tool you guys use to create a log the commands history in date format so others know what commands have been used

ikoula · Apr 3, 2019

Hello, i never need to record commands history but if i was meant to do so i think i will not search for an application. I would just export the user commands history to a text file. To be more handy i would create a script in a cron or a windows task.

VirtuBox · Apr 5, 2019

24x7CSM said:
Hi Guys,

which tool you guys use to create a log the commands history in date format so others know what commands have been used

No need to use a tool, you just have to create a folder .history in your home directory and to add the following line in the file .profile (also in your home directory).

Bash:

PROMPT_COMMAND='echo "$(date "+%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S") $(pwd) $(history 1)" >> ~/.history/bash-$(date "+%y-%m").log'

Next time you will login on the server, command history will be saved in .bash_history folder

Tool or Utility to log commands history

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