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Old 01-20-2014
[Solved] How to clear "history" command entries??
As in the title, how to clear the history entries?

For eg: if i enter history, series of linux commands getting displayed from day 1. I need to clear those entries and want linux commands to be stored freshly.

Thanks in advance
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Old 01-20-2014
history -c
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Old 01-20-2014
Wonderful.

Thanks. Simultaneously, can I know how to get history of linux commands entered on a particular date?

For eg, I want history of linux commands used on 01-01-2014.

Can you help me?
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Old 01-20-2014
Yes, if HISTTIMEFORMAT is set.

If it's not set, you can set it to the desired format. Previous history entries might not have the proper dates, though.

Code:
HISTTIMEFORMAT="%Y.%m.%d %T "

You can then grep on the output of history.
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Old 01-20-2014
Thanks.

Plz can you explain me in detail. Plz.

Just give the entire commands so that I can get history entered on 01-01-2014.

Thanks in advance
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Old 01-20-2014
If the timestamps are stored in the history file, set the variable then grep on the output of history
Code:
HISTTIMEFORMAT='%d-%m-%Y '
history | grep "[0]1-01-2014"

(changing the order of %d and %m if you're using the United States date format)
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Old 01-20-2014
You already asked that question, and Scott already replied:
Want to get list of Linux commands used on specific date through HISTORY command | Unix Linux Forums | UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Why ask again, what do you expect???
 
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