From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Nov 3 20:12:51 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 CF31AE5A4FD for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2017 20:12:51 +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 9B1D8718A1 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2017 20:12:51 +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 4272E6232B; Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:12:44 -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 WXmNpCQa8iuz; Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:12:42 -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 9B6AA622F2; Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:12:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:12:42 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20171102214634.dc4877cf.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20171102214634.dc4877cf.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:12:42 -0400 Subject: Re: Reconstruct a bash_history file From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Polytropon" Cc: 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: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 20:12:51 -0000 On Thu, November 2, 2017 16:46, Polytropon wrote: > > This version is easier to read: > > cat history.txt | while read LINE; do > DATETIME=`echo $LINE | cut -d ':' -f 1-3` > TIMESTAMP=`date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" "${DATETIME}" "+#%s"` > COMMAND=`echo $LINE | cut -d ':' -f 4-` > echo "${TIMESTAMP}" > echo "${COMMAND}" | sed "s/^ //" > done > bash_history.txt > > It features the "useless use of cat" line the one-liner. ;-) > Worked great. Thank you very much. I have added this one to my daybook. -- *** 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