How to Manage BASH History - Delete, Clear, and Control Your Linux Command History
Learn how to manage BASH history - Delete, Clear, and Control Your Linux Command History.
Here are the command featured in my video.
Find the line number
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Find the line number
history
METHOD 1:
Delete Specific Line by Number
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Then delete a specific line (replace N with the line number)
history -d N
METHOD 2:
Delete Range of Lines
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METHOD 3:
Clear Entire History
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Clear all history in current session
history -c
Also clear the history file permanently
history -w
METHOD 5:
Edit History File Directly
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Edit the history file (usually ~/.bash_history)
nano ~/.bash_history
or
vim ~/.bash_history
After editing, reload history
history -r
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Prevent Specific Commands from Being Saved
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Add space before command to exclude from history
ls -la # This won't be saved to history
Control History Size
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Add these lines to ~/.bashrc to limit history size:
nano ~/.bashrc
Limit history file size
HISTFILESIZE=1000
HISTSIZE=1000
Ignore duplicates and specific commands
HISTCONTROL=ignorespace:ignoredups:erasedups
Ignore specific commands
HISTIGNORE="ls:cd:history"
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