Editing command prompt history

travisvermaak · 04-20-2006, 06:24 AM

I have tried editing the command prompt history, as I have copied an embarrassing line from an email into the command prompt history. I have tried to edit the .bash_history file but this seems to only contain logon history such as su(for super user). It seems there is a different command prompt history once you have logged on. Please help, got to get rid of this as a few people use this server, namely the boss.

svennerstal · 04-20-2006, 06:31 AM

Use 'history' to see your command prompt history. If the embarassing line is there, you might want to wipe the history with 'history -c'

travisvermaak · 04-20-2006, 06:52 AM

Is there a way to delete a certain line from the history intead of clearing the entire history

merchtemeagle · 04-20-2006, 07:00 AM

Deleting those lines out of ~/.bash_history should work. Did you input those commands as root?

travisvermaak · 04-20-2006, 07:15 AM

I was logged in as root, yes. I could not find the line in the .bash_history file. It shows the logon information in that file

merchtemeagle · 04-20-2006, 07:31 AM

Login as root again and take a look at /root/.bash_history

travisvermaak · 04-20-2006, 08:20 AM

Thanks a lot sorted! Thank God!! How do I get rid of this thread

merchtemeagle · 04-20-2006, 08:59 AM

You can't delete threads.

nx5000 · 04-20-2006, 10:24 AM

Now remove the logs that show that you came to linuxquestions

ethics · 04-20-2006, 10:52 AM

is your boss a frequenter of LQ too? i'd love to know what was in the history :P