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bash-prompt-stuff

Adding timestamps to bash

# For bash prompt itself
export PROMPT_COMMAND="echo -n \[\$(date +%H:%M:%S)\]\ "
# For .bash_history
export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "

History Searching

# Inside ~/.inputrc
$ cat ~/.inputrc
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward

This allows one to type a partial command and press up and down arrow keys to navigate history.