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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users How to delete history for a particular user Post 302277192 by techlinux on Thursday 15th of January 2009 03:33:34 PM
Old 01-15-2009
In KSH, the the location of the history file is based on the HISTFILE variable. Usually, you set this variable to your home directory.
ie. HISTFILE=~/.history
 

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