# Linux bash startup files and history files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-bash-startup-files-and-history-files/75014>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [February 14, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-bash-startup-files-and-history-files/75014 "2017-02-14T10:56:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rajasekaran\_Mari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Rajasekaran\_Mari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajasekaran_Mari)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-bash-startup-files-and-history-files/75014/1 "2017-02-14T10:56:44Z")

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Hi,

kindly help me how to write a watcher script (json Script) for Changing Linux bash startup files and history files. Beats.

send to alert mail to administrator when some one changing bash startup files and history files.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-bash-startup-files-and-history-files/75014/2 "2017-02-14T11:14:46Z")

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Please don't cross-post your question 🙂

See [Changing Linux bash startup files and history files. Beats](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-linux-bash-startup-files-and-history-files-beats/75013)

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-bash-startup-files-and-history-files/75014/3 "2017-02-14T11:14:49Z")

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