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Merge two zsh history files
#!/bin/bash
# Inspired on https://david-kerwick.github.io/2017-01-04-combining-zsh-history-files/
set -e
history1=$1
history2=$2
merged=$3
echo "Merging history files: $history1 + $history2"
test ! -f $history1 && echo "File $history1 not found" && exit 1
test ! -f $history2 && echo "File $history2 not found" && exit 1
cat $history1 $history2 | awk -v date="WILL_NOT_APPEAR$(date +"%s")" '{if (sub(/\\$/,date)) printf "%s", $0; else print $0}' | LC_ALL=C sort -u | awk -v date="WILL_NOT_APPEAR$(date +"%s")" '{gsub('date',"\\\n"); print $0}' > $merged
echo "Merged to: $merged"
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Thanks to both of u guys

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shixpGit commented Jul 9, 2024

thank you, nice!

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