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06-24-2005, 03:56 AM
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Registered: Mar 2004
Distribution: Slackware 10.2
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History command
Is it possible to list the history for a specific user?
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06-24-2005, 04:00 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Location: West Sussex, England
Distribution: Gentoo
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What, their bash history?
Yes: "less /home/username/.bash_history"
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06-24-2005, 04:04 AM
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Thanks oneandoneis2, and what if i want to clear it incase i dont want any one to view my last 100 commands.
Last edited by amer_58; 06-24-2005 at 04:05 AM.
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06-24-2005, 04:18 AM
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- Whatever text editor you happen to like to prune specific entries.
- rm .bash_history
- history -c
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06-24-2005, 06:23 AM
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Registered: Aug 2003
Location: New Delhi, India
Distribution: Fedora 7
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if you have access to that users bash, then "histroy -c" would do the trick
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06-24-2005, 12:26 PM
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Thanks guys.
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