From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Nov 2 19:14:01 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EF5AE613CB for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 19:14:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5BFD6603A for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 19:14:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0992E62334 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:13:53 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pidqZ8p8zYh6 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:13:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F2A3F622AB for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:13:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:13:50 -0400 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2017 15:13:50 -0400 Subject: Reconstruct a bash_history file From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-5.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 19:14:01 -0000 I wish to reconstruct a bash_history file for a user who has HISTTIMEFORMAT=%F %T:. I have a history log file having the following format: . . . 2014-06-19 16:09:25: whois playford.de 2014-06-20 08:24:00: man xpdf 2014-06-23 08:22:16: su -l 2014-06-24 09:33:27: cd Desktop 2014-06-25 09:22:25: su -l 2014-06-26 12:15:28: su -l 2014-06-27 08:48:40: su -l 2014-06-30 08:18:04: 2014-07-02 15:40:57: history | grep enscript 2014-07-03 08:38:55: ll 2014-07-04 09:29:04: su -l 2014-07-07 09:33:34: ssh -Y xnet241 2014-07-08 08:29:59: su -l 2014-07-09 06:53:46: su -l 2014-07-10 11:20:20: whois arcom.com.br 2014-07-11 10:02:24: su -l 2014-07-14 09:58:27: su -l 2014-07-15 08:46:38: su -l 2014-07-16 10:31:52: sshtn xnet241 2014-07-17 09:50:23: history | grep PORT . . . Is there a way to recreate a valid bash_history file from this data and preserve the time stamps? If so then how? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3