<h2class="text-white mt-0">Bash scripting is powerful, keep track of how you use it</h2>
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<pclass="text-white-50 mb-4"> Bash keeps a list of every command you run locally, but this list of commands is devoid of context (where did I run that command? what was the output of the command? how long did it take to run?) and it is easily corrupted (open two terminals at once? Say goodbye to your bash history!). <br>
<br> Hishtory keeps track of the command you ran, how long it took to run, whether it succeeded or failed, where you ran it, and on what machine. It syncs this information across all your machines, so you can always find that useful bash pipeline you wrote a month ago.
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<br>To install hishtory on your second machine, you must first retrieve your secret key from first first machine. To do so, run <code>hishtory status</code> and copy your "Secret Key".
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<divclass="card-body"> Hishtory hooks into your shell to record everything you could want to know about your shell history. It supports two modes: <ol>
<li>Offline mode: It persists all this data in a local SQLite database</li>
<li>Online mode: Only if you opt-in, it syncs this data between all your machines so your history is immediately queryable from every one of your machines</li>
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This is up to you to judge, but in my opinion: Yes! All data is end-to-end encrypted with a key that never leaves your computer(s). The code is OSS, so you can verify this, and the pre-built binaries are reproducibly built with the commit hash embedded in them for easy verification.
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<divclass="card-body"> If it works for you, great! But I find I constantly get annoyed with `.bash_history` either because I lose context (which directory do I need to run that command from?) or because I full on lose the file (it tends to get corrupted if you open multiple terminals at the same time). </div>
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<divclass="card-body"> Made with ❤️ by <ahref="https://daviddworken.com">David Dworken</a>. I'm a Security Engineer who also enjoys creating software. I built this to solve a problem for myself, and wanted to share it with others who may find it useful. </div>
