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Improved Multiprocess Bash History Management
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| # --- History File Management --- # | |
| HISTDIR="$HOME/.history" | |
| if [[ ! -d "$HISTDIR" ]]; then | |
| mkdir "$HISTDIR" | |
| chmod 0700 "$HISTDIR" | |
| fi | |
| HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T ' | |
| HISTFILE="$HISTDIR/$(date -j +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')" # Make process-specific history file | |
| HISTFILESIZE=0 # close any old history files | |
| HISTFILESIZE=4096 # and set a large new size | |
| HISTSIZE=4096 | |
| hist-search () { | |
| if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then | |
| echo 'Provide one or more patterns to search for.' | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| local cmd="grep -r '$HISTDIR' -e '$1' -H --color=never" | |
| shift | |
| for pattern in "$@"; do | |
| cmd="$cmd | grep -e '$pattern' --color=never" | |
| done | |
| echo "$cmd" | |
| eval "$cmd" | |
| } | |
| hist-clean () { | |
| time_clause="${1:-4w}" | |
| find_cmd="find $HISTDIR -type f -mtime +$time_clause" | |
| echo $find_cmd | |
| $find_cmd -print0 | xargs -0 ls -lt | |
| read -p "Delete these files? " -n 1 -r | |
| echo | |
| if [[ "$REPLY" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then | |
| $find_cmd -delete | |
| fi | |
| } |
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