Quoting Jim Richardson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 02:37:13PM -0600, Bud Rogers wrote: > > Wait til you type 'shutdown -h now' on the workstation in front of you > > and nothing happens, then from the other room (where all the servers > > are...) you hear, "Hey! What the [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Or do the same thing by hitting the up arrow key one time too many > followed by return... > Anyone know how to make bash history *not* keep certain commands? :)
export HISTCONTROL=foo where foo is ignorespace (what you asked for), ignoredups or ignoreboth (also ignores successive duplicate command lines). Then add a space at the beginning of the line when you you type things like rm -f * or shutdown. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
