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Is there any way I can set the following variable in Bourne Shell (in /etc/profile) :<br />
&nbsp;export HISTTIMEFORMAT=&quot;%A &nbsp;%Y-%m-%d &nbsp;[%T %z] <br />
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Basically when I issue &quot;history&quot; or look into $HOME/.sh_history for each single userid,<br />
I need the history-logged commands to be date+time stamped.<br />
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This can be done in Bash (Bourne Again shell) but what I want is for Bourne &amp;&nbsp;Korn<br />
shells.<br />
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It's not an option for me to change the existing users' Shell to Bash<br />
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I'm working on HP-UX B11.11 &amp;&nbsp;various RHES/RHEL version 3, 4 &amp;&nbsp;5<br />

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Is there any way I can set the following variable in Bourne Shell (in /etc/profile) :
 export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%A  %Y-%m-%d  [%T %z] 

Basically when I issue "history" or look into $HOME/.sh_history for each single userid,
I need the history-logged commands to be date+time stamped.

This can be done in Bash (Bourne Again shell) but what I want is for Bourne & Korn
shells.

It's not an option for me to change the existing users' Shell to Bash


I'm working on HP-UX B11.11 & various RHES/RHEL version 3, 4 & 5


set history variable HISTTIMEFORMAT in Unix Bourne &amp; Korn Shell

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set history variable HISTTIMEFORMAT in Unix Bourne &amp; Korn Shell

set history variable HISTTIMEFORMAT in Unix Bourne & Korn Shell