Saving current directory to bash history

Question

I\'d like to save the current directory where the each command was issued alongside the command in the history. In order not to mess things up, I was thinking about adding

Answer 1

Here's a one liner of what I use. Sticking it here because it's vastly simpler, and I have no problem with per-session history, I just also want to have a history with the working directory.

Also the one-liner above mucks with your user interface too much.

export PROMPT_COMMAND='if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo "$(date "+%Y-%m-%d.%H:%M:%S") $(pwd) $(history 1)" >> ~/.bash.log; fi'

Since my home dir is typically a cross-mounted gluster thingy, this has the side effect of being a history of everything I've ever done. Optionally add $(hostname) to the echo command above... depending on your working environment.

Even with 100k entries, grep is more than good enough. No need to sqlite log it. Just don't type passwords on the command line and you're good. Passwords are 90's tech anyway!

Also, for searching I tend to do this:

function hh() {
    grep "$1" ~/.bash.log
}