Terminal History

Keeping a timestamped, logged record of everything you type is worth the small amount of setup, both for your own notes and as evidence for a client report.

Timestamp your ZSH history

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fc -li       # List history with timestamps
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fc -li 100   # List the last 100 commands with timestamps

Add the following to the end of .zshrc to show the timestamp in your right-hand prompt:

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RPROMPT="[%D{%f/%m/%y} | %D{%H:%M:%S}]"

Log full terminal sessions to disk

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sudo mkdir /var/log/shell
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sudo chmod 777 /var/log/shell
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test "$(ps -ocommand= -p $PPID | awk '{print $1}')" == 'script' || (script -f /var/log/shell/$(date +"%d-%b-%y_%H-%M-%S")_shell.log)

Session logs will contain terminal colour codes. Strip them out before sharing a log:

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sed 's/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m//g' session.log