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How to get bash per session history files, which is updated with each command in real time, and, upon session exit, appends the entire session history to ~/.bash_history
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| # Take the session history and append it to the .bash_history file, and if successful, remove the session file | |
| cat "$HISTFILE" >> "$HOME"/.bash_history && /bin/rm "$HISTFILE" |
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| # Store the time the session started | |
| SESSION_START_TIME=$(date +%F_%H.%M.%S) | |
| HISTCONTROL= | |
| HISTSIZE=100000 | |
| HISTFILESIZE=100000 | |
| HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T - ' | |
| shopt -s histappend | |
| shopt -s histreedit | |
| shopt -s histverify | |
| shopt -s cmdhist | |
| HISTFILE="$HOME/.bash_history_$SESSION_START_TIME" | |
| PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND" |
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