Feisty's /etc/skel.bashrc seems to contain # don't put duplicate lines in the history. See bash(1) for more options export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups # ... and ignore same sucessive entries. export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
ignoredups export wasn't there when Dapper was released, because that's when I last time updated my bash scripts from /etc/skel and I didn't have it either. -- mc: each action pollutes .bash_history https://launchpad.net/bugs/53095 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
