historian
Command-line utility for managing shell history in a SQLite database.
~/.bash_history is deduped and imported into a database.
Requirements
- SQLite
- a home directory
Installation
Download and 1) add the directory to your $PATH
export PATH="$PATH:/Users/jerry/historian"
or 2) add hist as an alias.
alias hist="/Users/jerry/historian/hist"
Getting Started
Import your ~/.bash_history
$ hist import
Super Installation
Add hist import to your .profile (assuming hist is in your path):
$ echo hist import >> ~/.profile
This will import your .bash_history every time you launch a new shell.
Usage
Show config:
$ hist config
version: 0.0.2
bash_history: /Users/jerry/.bash_history
db: /Users/jerry/.historian.db
sqlite3: /opt/local/bin/sqlite3
Search:
$ hist search monsters
690
echo a zombie with no conscience >> ~/monsters
689
echo ghoul >> ~/monsters
688
echo goblin >> ~/monsters
687
echo lochness >> ~/monsters
Search (shorthand):
$ hist /monsters
690
echo a zombie with no conscience >> ~/monsters
689
echo ghoul >> ~/monsters
688
echo goblin >> ~/monsters
687
echo lochness >> ~/monsters
View log:
$ hist log
1020
rm -f README.md
1019
emacs README.md
1018
rm -rf .git
Pitfalls
Live like your db file could be corrupted at any time.
Be wary of running specially crafted hist commands or against
~/.bash_history files.
Cool Things in the Future
exportto append to~/.bash_historyscrubitems from history- set or autodetect configs
- other shells than bash
- timestamp support