On 04/29/2012 07:44 AM, Peter Gueckel wrote: > Andy Blanchard wrote: > >> What you want is: >> >> export HISTCONTROL=erasedups > It looked promising, but it doesn't work. I logged out and back in twice, > then even > completely turned off the computer and back on again, but when I examine the > .bash_history file, it is riddled with duplicate commands. >
I didn't do that much testing.....being summoned for breakfast. But, it seemed to work fine for me. I did 5 cat /etc/hosts followed by 5 ls /tmp and then repeated the cycled. Logged out and Logged in and did a cat .bash_history. The last few lines were.... vi .bash_profile ls /etc history ls cat .bash_history cat /etc/hosts ls /tmp -- Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century. -- Dame Edna Everage -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
