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Old 12-07-2003
Question Command history

Hello everyone,
I am aware about the history command we use in bash. Just had a question regarding the history of commands. Is there any way i can limit my commands to be remembered or is there any way to delete the commands used by myself? Thank you
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Old 12-07-2003
There is a file in your home directory called .sh_history. To clear your history, just empty this file

From your home directory:

echo "" > .sh_history

You can also limit the size of your history file (in KSH) by setting the HISTFILE variable. See this thread
# 3  
Old 12-07-2003
To limit the history file in last 100 commands. Put the follows in your profile.
export HISTSIZE=100
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Old 12-07-2003
also you can dump your cammand history to stdout with the
'history'
command.
# 5  
Old 12-09-2003
Lightbulb

Hello everyone,
first of all user google: echo "" > .sh_history
i tried your suggested command and yes it does overwrite the .sh_history file with a line. But when i use the command history, it still shows me all of my commands!!! I want to delete the history of commands. Can you suggest something on that?

Second of all user tikul: export HISTSIZE=100
yes i wrote that in my .profile file but i still get 500+ commands! Can you comment on that?

And finally Mr. Hedensk
you asked me to dump my command history with 'history' command. It didn't work as expected. What exactly should i do here?

Now this is very likely possible that i might have misunderstood you all and didn't do it as it is supposed to be done. But can you all please try and point out my mistake or a possible explanation for it Smilie. Thank you all and have a good one Smilie
# 6  
Old 12-09-2003
well what i ment by 'dump' was that it would output its contents to your screen. not empty the history.
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Old 12-09-2003
O ok Smilie i got that norsk Thanks Smilie
 
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