Comments on: Limiting which commands are kept in the bash history file http://rackerhacker.com/2008/01/29/limiting-which-commands-are-kept-in-the-bash-history-file/ Words of wisdom from a server administrator Mon, 21 May 2012 12:07:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Antonio http://rackerhacker.com/2008/01/29/limiting-which-commands-are-kept-in-the-bash-history-file/#comment-16721 Antonio Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:37:11 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2008/01/29/limiting-which-commands-are-kept-in-the-bash-history-file/#comment-16721 Sorry about resurrecting a two-year old post, but the information in it does not match my experience. I've found that HISTCONTROL only modifies what appears when using the up and down keys. If you want to omit commands from the shell history file, you can use the HISTIGNORE variable. For example, the following line in your profile will not save (consecutive) duplicates, commands starting with a space, or the 'exit' command in your shell history: export HISTIGNORE="&: *:exit" Sorry about resurrecting a two-year old post, but the information in it does not match my experience.

I've found that HISTCONTROL only modifies what appears when using the up and down keys.

If you want to omit commands from the shell history file, you can use the HISTIGNORE variable. For example, the following line in your profile will not save (consecutive) duplicates, commands starting with a space, or the 'exit' command in your shell history:
export HISTIGNORE="&: *:exit"

]]> By: robot.terror@gmail.com http://rackerhacker.com/2008/01/29/limiting-which-commands-are-kept-in-the-bash-history-file/#comment-349 robot.terror@gmail.com Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:27:57 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2008/01/29/limiting-which-commands-are-kept-in-the-bash-history-file/#comment-349 even better: export HISTFILE=/dev/null Nothing says "propritary one-liners" like writing history to /dev/null! even better:

export HISTFILE=/dev/null

Nothing says "propritary one-liners" like writing history to /dev/null!

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