If HISTTIMEFORMAT var is set, then "history" command prints

If I set HISTTIMEFORMAT var, then 'history' command
prints timestamps. For example:

HISTTIMEFORMAT="%c # "; history

But file ~/.bashrc_history contains no timestamps.
How can it print timestamps if '.bashrc_history' contains no
timestamps ?

Yakov

Re: If HISTTIMEFORMAT var is set, then "history" command prints timestamps. But

Yakov wrote:
> If I set HISTTIMEFORMAT var, then 'history' command
> prints timestamps. For example:
>
> HISTTIMEFORMAT="%c # "; history
>
> But file ~/.bashrc_history contains no timestamps.
> How can it print timestamps if '.bashrc_history' contains no
> timestamps ?

It's magic ;)



If you set HISTTIMEFORMAT the first time all entries prior to setting the
variable will get the time stamp of the time the variable was set.

Exit your bash, open a new one and take a look:

tail ~/.bashrc_history.

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Re: If HISTTIMEFORMAT var is set, then "history" command prints timestamps. But

Yakov wrote:
> If I set HISTTIMEFORMAT var, then 'history' command
> prints timestamps. For example:
>
> HISTTIMEFORMAT="%c # "; history
>
> But file ~/.bashrc_history contains no timestamps.
> How can it print timestamps if '.bashrc_history' contains no
> timestamps ?

It's magic ;)



If you set HISTTIMEFORMAT the first time all entries prior to setting the
variable will get the time stamp of the time the variable was set.

Exit your bash, open a new one and take a look:

tail ~/.bash_history.

--
Best regards | Be nice to America or they'll bring democracy to
Cyrus | your country.