Where is saved the commands that I issue every day as root and as a regular user ?

[ZioMario]

Hello.

Coming from Ubuntu If I want to have the list of the every command that I have issued during the job session I read the file called .bash_history. This file is located on /home/user and on /root. Nothing can be easier. What about FreeBSD ? Where the root and regular user commands are saved ? (I'm using the csh shell)

 

[mer]

for csh (the default shell) it's $HOME/.history
if you changed your default shell to bash, it will be in .bash_history
ls -altr shows you all the files including ones starting with a "."

But of course some folks say that saving your commands to a history file is a potential security risk.

 

[Deleted member 56028]

It's not about being FreeBSD, it's about the shell used. A good tip is using something like this:

ls $HOME/*history*

 

[eternal_noob]

I kinda like bash despite it's a bit bloated and one of the first things i do on every new FreeBSD system is to install it.

Chapter 3. FreeBSD Basics

Basic commands and functionality of the FreeBSD operating system

docs.freebsd.org

 

[ZioMario]

It didn't save the commands that I have issued as a default user. On /home/marietto there isn't any .history file and under /root the .history file is partially full with the commands that I have issued. On /root ; I have a lot of .history* files,but a lot of them are empty.

 

[eternal_noob]

It didn't save the commands that I have issued as a default user.

History is saved when you exit(1) the shell, not when you close it. So type exit (or use CTRL-D).

With csh(1) you can also force a history save with history -S.

 

[Alain De Vos]

I kinda like bash despite it's a bit bloated and one of the first things i do on every new FreeBSD system is to install it.

Chapter 3. FreeBSD Basics

Basic commands and functionality of the FreeBSD operating system

docs.freebsd.org

zsh is not bloated

 

[eternal_noob]

zsh is not bloated

Bash arrays are indexed from 0 to (length-1). Zsh arrays are indexed from 1 to length. This enough reason for me to not use zsh.
Everything that indexes arrays from 1 is suspicious.

 

[ZioMario]

I never typed exit,so no commands should have been saved. Instead there are some.

 

[eternal_noob]

On /home/marietto there isn't any .history file and under /root the .history file is partially full with the commands that I have issued.

I never typed exit,so no commands should have been saved. Instead there are some.

If you have history for root and not for the normal user, try to create the .history file manually as user.
touch .history