The problem is IMO a lack of a coherent flag to output such. If each CLI program would've a coherent flag, it would make the command line and scripting a tad ea

The problem is IMO a lack of a coherent flag to output such. If each CLI program would've a coherent flag, it would make the command line and scripting a tad easier. But with a decent command line history (or tool to parse such, such as history | fzf) its reasonably easy and quick to figure out the past.