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Old 05-23-2017, 07:43 PM   #1
quiplash
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Pointing /dev/null to .bash_history doesn't work

I saw this code in my google searches on pointing /dev/null to .bash_history. I tried it but it doesn't work. It stills writes to .bash_history. I even removed .bash_history and rerun the code again and still it writes the commands to .bash_history.

ln -sf /dev/null ~/.bash_history
 
Old 05-23-2017, 08:00 PM   #2
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if you dont want your bash history recorded just set nohist in your bashrc you shouldnt really be linking a file to a block device
 
Old 05-23-2017, 08:34 PM   #3
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Thanks kind sir
 
Old 06-15-2017, 06:36 AM   #4
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See https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...istory-121236/
 
  


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