٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶ better_history.sh

This script gives a friendlier access CLI or GUI (with rofi) to the user's shell history.

The user can select a previous command and it will be put in the clipboard's buffer using xclip.
The user can then paste the command using Ctrl + Shift + v in the terminal. (Or use the rofi options to automatically run it)

Especially useful when you try to recover a long command you used a long time ago.

This script do not change the history file and should work in all situations. Or a least will.

CLI : Command Line Interface - h

From a terminal emulator, it is supposed to be launched with a simple "h what_ever_you_want"
Thanks to an alias : alias h="/path/to/this/script" (in ".bashrc" file, ".zshrc", etc...)

If you remember that the command contain the word "debug", you can use "h debug" to find it back quickly.

Works better with a big history record :
export HISTSIZE=10000 (in ".bashrc" file, ".zshrc", etc...)

GUI : Graphical User Interface - Rofi

Use rofi interface with a shortcut for your window manager. (Alt + h)

sxhkd ("sxhkdrc") : shortcut daemon for all window managers

alt + h
/home/umen/SyNc/Scripts/System/better_history/better_history.sh rofi

openbox only ("rc.xml") :

<keybind key="A-h">
<action name="execute">
<command>/home/umen/SyNc/Scripts/System/better_history/better_history.sh rofi</command>
</action>
</keybind>

Todo :

Try to find the directory the command was run on. Maybe based on previous "cd" to recreate absolute path and/or test if target exist (file) without changing history file syntax
better visual for long commands
support for more shells
support help on dependancies for more distributions
future usage of ~/.my_history_selection to sort by most used command, instead of last used commands
improve unreliable regex for zsh history file (sed 's/.*:0;//')
use rofi with options --rofi instead of argument
use current shell, instead of default shell $SHELL
is it working if the user have customized history format ? if not, find solution
Bug with selection with "Binary file (standard input)" match ??? ...

Not Todo (excluded on purpose, stay simple and portable)

modify the history file in any way to "add useful informations"
usage of regular expressions in search

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