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Created May 16, 2016 18:21
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make bash suck less
Add the following to your ~/.bashrc and your bash history will be saved to a coherent, time-stamped, persistant history file.
shopt -s histappend
export HISTIGNORE=ignoreboth
export HISTFILESIZ=1000000
export HISTSIZE=1000000
export HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'
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