diff --git a/src/local/import.rs b/src/local/import.rs
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+// import old shell history!
+// automatically hoover up all that we can find
+
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+
+use eyre::Result;
+
+use crate::models::history::History;
+
+pub struct ImportBash {
+    file: BufReader<File>,
+}
+
+impl ImportBash {
+    pub fn new(path: &str) -> Result<ImportBash> {
+        let file = File::open(path)?;
+        let buf = BufReader::new(file);
+
+        Ok(ImportBash { file: buf })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for ImportBash {
+    type Item = History;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<History> {
+        let mut line = String::new();
+
+        match self.file.read_line(&mut line) {
+            Ok(0) => None,
+            Err(_) => None,
+
+            Ok(_) => Some(History {
+                cwd: "none".to_string(),
+                command: line,
+                timestamp: -1,
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+}