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Old 05-29-2007
editing history file

Hi all

I put the root pwd on a command line which ended up in the .history.
I edited .history with vi to remove it and it made a mess of the history file. Is there a way to properly remove a line without messing up the history?

Many thanks

Kevin
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Old 05-29-2007
There is no specific editing rules with respect to a history file.

It depends on the editor that you use,

if you using vi,

shift + g => goto the last line
dd => delete the line

save and exit
 
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