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bash command history update before execution of command

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Mar 15, 2026539 views
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Bash's command history is great, especially it is useful when adding the command to the COMMAND_PROMPT. However, I'm wondering if there is a way to log the commands to a file as soon as the Return key is pressed, e.g. before starting the command and not on completion of the command (using the COMMA…

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history -a

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Fix for: bash command history update before execution of command

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The DEBUG trap is executed before each command. You could set up a trap and in that do your logging.

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