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Tip #179 /

Disable bash history


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Disable history for a particular account in bash with:

(in home dir) 

rm .bash_history

ln -sf /dev/null .bash_history


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Samus_
#1
this is idiotic, use the shell variables that are meant to control how history works.

man bash
Posted 2009-02-11 04:38:11
Steve
#2
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Use "unset HISTFILE" in your .bashrc instead.
Posted 2009-02-21 20:53:20

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