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Old 05-08-2007, 07:56 AM   #1
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empty out the history

Hi.

I'd like to empty out the history of the bash. Any idea how I can do, or which is the file where the history is stored?

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Old 05-08-2007, 08:03 AM   #2
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.bash_history is what you're looking for and it's in your home directory.
 
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man history
 
Old 05-09-2007, 01:50 AM   #4
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Thanks.
Now I know wht I couldn't see it.
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history -c
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