diff --git a/syntax_files/history.yaml b/syntax_files/history.yaml
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+filetype: history
+
+detect:
+    filename: "(\\.history)"
+
+rules:
+    - constant.number: "^\\s+\\d+\\s"
+# export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T: " to get the best highlighting
+    - preproc: "([0-9]{4}\\-[0-9]{2}\\-[0-9]{2}\\s[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2})"
+    - type: ":\\s.*$"