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Q&A Show a timestamp on the right side of prompt when executing a command in ZSH

The preexec function is called right before executing commands, so it's the place to do this sorta things. This solution is adapted from Dan Berindei's original answer (CC BY-SA 3.0) to a related ...

posted 4mo ago by Iizuki‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Iizuki‭ · 2024-01-11T08:40:17Z (4 months ago)
The `preexec` function is called right before executing commands, so it's the place to do this sorta things.

This solution is adapted from [Dan Berindei's](https://stackoverflow.com/users/55870/dan-berindei) [original answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/14084584/9309049) (CC BY-SA 3.0) to a related question:

```zsh
preexec () {
  TIME=`date +"[%H:%M:%S]"`
  C=$(($COLUMNS-12))
  echo -e "\033[1A\033[${C}C ${TIME} "
}
```
Just paste it in your `.zshrc` file.

It uses [ANSI excape codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code) to print the timestamp to the previous line (prompt line). Note that you will likely need to modify the columns count if you change the timestamp format.