#history command

The “history” Command in Linux

The “history” command in Linux is used to get previously used commands. As the name suggests this command gave the history of the system. Let’s have look at the “history” command: The Syntax for the “history” command $ history [option] This command gave a list of previously used commands with an event number associated with each command $ history 1 sudo apt install build-essential dkms…

History command in linux

History command in linux

We will see how we can use history command effectively to extract the command which was executed by users in Bash shell. This may be useful for audit purpose or to find out what command is executed.