How can I view history in terminal for specific date?

How can I view the terminal history for a specific date?

For example today is 4-apr and I want to view the history of 31-mar

1 Answer

You can set the history format to include the date using the following:

HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "

Then filter for a specific date using grep:

history | grep "31/03"

More info:

• Note From @muru and @Kamil- HISTTIMEFORMAT should already have been set during this period, or bash will just use today's date

• Bash Man - HISTTIMEFORMAT

• nixCraft - Bash History - Display Date and Time