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Checking Yum Transaction Logs

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Check if package is on system.

rpm -q httpd
httpd-2.4.6-97.el7.centos.x86_64

Check the history logs.

yum history list
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
ID     | Login user               | Date and time    | Action(s)      | Altered
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   115 | System <unset>           | 2021-02-01 03:40 | Update         |    1
   114 | System <unset>           | 2021-02-01 02:03 | I, U           |   10
   113 | System <unset>           | 2021-01-29 19:54 | Update         |    1
   112 | System <unset>           | 2021-01-21 14:41 | Update         |    1

Check detail transaction id.

yum history info 114 | grep python 
    Updated python-perf-3.10.0-1160.6.1.el7.x86_64          @updates
    Updated python-sss-1.16.5-10.el7_9.5.x86_64             @cah-cloud-centos7-updates
    Updated python-sssdconfig-1.16.5-10.el7_9.5.noarch      @cah-cloud-centos7-updates

It looks like python was updated in transaction id #114.

Get-Hotfix

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How to find out if a Windows Server was last patched.

From Powershell, run this command.

get-hotfix

From the command line, run this command.

C:\> systeminfo.exe

Or from the menu, follow these steps.

Open the Windows Settings UI.
Click on Update & security.
Click on the "Update history" link located under the Windows Update tab.

Bash History With Timestamps

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If you need to see Bash history with timestamps, use this command.

HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "

To make it permanent, add it to your .bashrc.

echo 'HISTTIMEFORMAT="%d/%m/%y %T "' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Timestamps accuracy is retroactively, meaning it will not be accurate for commands performed prior to the history time format being set.