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trajakovic/unlimited_bash_history.sh

Created October 23, 2015 14:24
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  1. trajakovic created this gist Oct 23, 2015.
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    func_check_for_root() {
    if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "ERROR: $0 Must be run as root, Script terminating" ;exit 7
    fi
    }
    func_check_for_root

    cat <<_EOF_ | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/bash_unlimited_history.sh
    HISTFILESIZE=1000000000
    HISTSIZE=1000000
    HISTTIMEFORMAT='%F %T '
    export HISTFILESIZE HISTSIZE HISTTIMEFORMAT
    _EOF_