To set in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile: export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h %d %H:%M:... | Hacker News

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danuker on March 16, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Full-text browser history search forever?

To set in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile:

    export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h %d %H:%M:%S "
    export HISTSIZE=100000

My ~/.bash_history averages 22 bytes per line.

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