On 1/10/15 12:52 PM, Georges Kesseler wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 45
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> "history -r" called inside .bashrc does not respect HISTTIMEFORMAT.
> Reads timestamps in as
> history entries. Calling "history -r" on a command prompt works as
> expected.
>
> Repeat-By:
> Put the following into .profile / .bashrc
> HISTTIMEFORMAT=""
> lastfile="$(ls -rt history*)"
> history -r "$lastfile"
> HISTFILE=~/history$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
>
> then start new shell, type some commands, exit
> start second shell, view history
Try adding an assignment to histchars before the call to `history -r':
histchars='!^#'
The history comment character needs to be initialized before reading
the history file.
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