Command Line History By Date Tutorial
Linux and macOS both have a useful command line command history to go back through recent commands you have used. There could be the scenario where you want to list for a particular date on which you did something, as we’re picking 2026-09-20 for examples below …
| macOS | Linux |
|---|---|
| history -i 1 | grep “2026-09-20” | history | grep “2026-09-20” |
… excerpts, as a case in point, for us, gleaning how we, on 2026-09-27 were wondering, back to when, on macOS, on 2026-09-20, we installed Rosetta, regarding how we did it, for example.
Interactively, on such command lines, a lot will allow you to immediately use arrow keys to go back and/or forwards through historical commands to do with their chronological order. Thanks to this link for great advice on this topic.
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