Create a diary for your daily workflow

You can modify your ~./bash_history file so it doens't store duplicates and stores more lines than the default (only 1000):

	export HISTCONTROL=erasedumps
	export HISTSIZE=100000
	shopt -s histappend

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However, sometimes you want to go back to your history file and see what commands you issued on a particular day .... one solution is to make a periodic backup with a timestamp using cron.

First, make a directory to put your files in, and make a script which is going to do the work:

	cd
	touch backup_history.sh
	mkdir history

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Open the shell script and copy the following inside

	nano backup_history.sh
	DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d%H%M")
	cp ~/.bash_history ~/history/$DATE.log

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close, then in the terminal issue

	sudo nano /etc/crontab
	#and copy the following
	@hourly ~/./backup_history.sh

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admittedly hourly is a little excessive - go here is you are unfamiliar with cron scheduling definitions and modify as you see fit