How to Add Date & Time with History in Linux
Introduction
The command history allows the use of words from previous command lines at the command prompt type. This simplifies spelling corrections and the repetition of complicated commands or arguments.
History Command
# history 850 useradd admin 851 passwd admin 852 cd /home/admin/ 853 ls -l 854 ls -la 855 top
Edit the file /etc/bashrc add the entry at the end of the file /etc/bashrc
# vi /etc/bashrc export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h/%d - %H:%M:%S "
OR
You can also directly execute the following command:
# export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h/%d - %H:%M:%S "
Now again check the “history” command:
# history 850 31/08/15 07:22:21 useradd admin 851 31/08/15 07:22:21 passwd admin 852 31/08/15 07:22:21 cd /home/admin/ 853 31/08/15 07:22:21 ls -l 854 31/08/15 07:22:21 ls -la 855 31/08/15 07:22:21 top
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