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show command-history
Display a buffered log of all commands all users enter along with a time stamp.
Syntax
show command-history
Defaults none
Command Modes
● EXEC
● EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
EMC Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.12.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series and E-Series.
Usage
Information
One trace log message is generated for each command. No password information is saved to this file. A
command-history trace log is saved to a file after failover. Dell EMC Networking TAC analyzes this file to
help identify the root cause of it.
The timestamps display format of the show command-history output changes based on the
service timestamps log datetime configuration. The time format can be in uptime, local time or
UTC time.
If timestamp is disabled (no service timestamps log), the command history time format is shown
with timestamp defaults (service timestamps log datetime localtime) as in Example 4.
Example Example 1: Default configuration service timestamps log datetime or service
timestamps log datetime localtime
DellEMC#show clock
15:42:42.804 IST Fri May 17 2019
DellEMC(conf)#service timestamps log datetime
DellEMC# show command-history
[May 17 15:38:55]: CMD-(CLI):[service timestamps log datetime]by default
from console
[May 17 15:41:40]: CMD-(CLI):[write memory]by default from console
- Repeated 1 time.
[May 17 15:41:45]: CMD-(CLI):[interface tengigabitethernet 1/1]by
default from console
[May 17 15:41:47]: CMD-(CLI):[shutdown]by default from console
[May 17 15:41:50]: CMD-(CLI):[no shutdown]by default from console
[May 17 15:42:42]: CMD-(CLI):[show clock]by default from console
[May 17 15:42:52]: CMD-(CLI):[write memory]by default from console
Example 2: service timestamps log datetime utc
DellEMC#show clock
15:47:05.661 IST Fri May 17 2019
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