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trajakovic/unlimited_bash_history.sh

Created October 23, 2015 14:24
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unlimited_bash_history.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
func_check_for_root() {
if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then
echo "ERROR: $0 Must be run as root, Script terminating" ;exit 7
fi
}
func_check_for_root
cat <<_EOF_ | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/bash_unlimited_history.sh
HISTFILESIZE=1000000000
HISTSIZE=1000000
HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
export HISTFILESIZE HISTSIZE HISTTIMEFORMAT
_EOF_
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run this with
`wget -qO- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/trajakovic/38bae83c8eb3fc7ee6cf/raw/unlimited_bash_history.sh|sudo bash

and then reopen terminal or run
source /etc/profile.d/unlimited_bash_history.sh

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