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# 1  
Old 12-08-2009
History of executed command in Linux
Hi All,

Is there a way to check command executed by users in Linux for a specific date? I know we can use history, but it doesn't shows yesterday's executed commands.

rgds,
# 2  
Old 12-08-2009
as far as i know there is no way to find commands date wise unless you made any arrangements i mean script on every time you log on and save it date wise every time you log off..
# 3  
Old 12-08-2009
hi

i dnt know if you can see a datewise listing of executed commands, but .bash_history (this name may change), present in the home dir of the user lists the last executed commands.
You may use this file to write a script as vidyadhar85 suggested

cheers
# 4  
Old 12-11-2009
If your shell is bash then you can set-up the environment variable HISTTIMEFORMAT with the preferred date format (see below):

Code:
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h/%d - %H:%M:%S "

This will enable the date and time in-front of every command in .bash_history file in your home directory.

To make this permanent, put this line in the .bashrc file.

HTH
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