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@ckabalan
ckabalan / best_bash_history.sh
Last active April 27, 2025 03:54
The Best Bash History Settings Ever
# /etc/profile.d/best_bash_history.sh
# Save 5,000 lines of history in memory
HISTSIZE=10000
# Save 2,000,000 lines of history to disk (will have to grep ~/.bash_history for full listing)
HISTFILESIZE=2000000
# Append to history instead of overwrite
shopt -s histappend
# Ignore redundant or space commands
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
# Ignore more
@wlib
wlib / LICENSE
Last active April 30, 2024 17:07
Run a shell script with bash, line-by-line, prompted on each command. Useful for running unknown scripts or debugging. Not a secure substitute for understanding a script beforehand.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2021 Daniel Ethridge
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: