How can I delete my 'nano' history?

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 01:01 AM

I was surprised to see that when i went into nano and did 'ctl R' and then 'ctl T' that the names of old files from my home folder were still there in nano. I would like to delete this list for privacy measures.

If I go into terminal, "nano ~/.bash_history", it does NOT list those file names. It is only when I do ctl r and t do i see the list, but I don't know how to delete them; hitting delete does nothing and I don't see any commands to delete the entire 'file name'; the files are no longer in the home directory.

Cheers

eklavya · 07-16-2019, 01:38 AM

Can you see your searches in the file ~/.nano/search_history? You can delete these and try again.

If you want to stop making log of your nano history
Open the file /etc/nanorc and comment the line set historylog in this section
set historylog

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eklavya

Can you see your searches in the file ~/.nano/search_history? You can delete these and try again.

If you want to stop making log of your nano history
Open the file /etc/nanorc and comment the line set historylog in this section
set historylog

Do what to "set history log"?

individual · 07-16-2019, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by linx9

Do what to "set history log"?

Put a # in front of that line.

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by individual

Put a # in front of that line.

I did. But still need to clear nano history.

cheers

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by eklavya

Can you see your searches in the file ~/.nano/search_history? You can delete these and try again.

If you want to stop making log of your nano history
Open the file /etc/nanorc and comment the line set historylog in this section
set historylog

In a terminal, "no such file or directory": ~/.nano/search_history

eklavya · 07-16-2019, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by linx9

In a terminal, "no such file or directory": ~/.nano/search_history

can you check file $HOME/.nano_history?

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by eklavya

can you check file $HOME/.nano_history?

no such file with and without a / before home/ HOME, etc

timl · 07-16-2019, 05:35 AM

Apologies if you have already tried this but in your home directory can you type

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[tim@eraserhead ~]$ ls -a

The "a" switch shows hidden files.

ttpp · 07-16-2019, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by timl

Apologies if you have already tried this but in your home directory can you type
The "a" switch shows hidden files.

Thanks. Yes, that does show the names of them, but once I get them there, how would I delete them?

"lock.filename.odt#"

michaelk · 07-16-2019, 07:47 AM

If I understand your problem. Invoking ^t will display files that do not exist from the command line or another file browser?

From the nano manual:

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When in the Read-File (^R) or Write-Out menu (^O), pressing ^T will invoke the file browser. Here, one can navigate directories in a graphical manner in order to find the desired file.

I guess I really have not delved into all the nano settings but are you sure you are looking in the correct directory? As far as I can tell ctrl-t it is just a file browser and displays the current contents of the selected directory.

nano will create backup files which have the suffix ~.

~/.nano_history is for saving and reading search/replace strings.

Take a look at your nanorc file(s).

https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.html

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by michaelk

If I understand your problem. Invoking ^t will display files that do not exist from the command line or another file browser?

From the nano manual:

I guess I really have not delved into all the nano settings but are you sure you are looking in the correct directory? As far as I can tell ctrl-t it is just a file browser and displays the current contents of the selected directory.

nano will create backup files which have the suffix ~.

~/.nano_history is for saving and reading search/replace strings.

Take a look at your nanorc file(s).

https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.html

Thanks. When I put a "#" before "set historylog", and then I "ctl O" to write it, when I go back into nano for the same directory, it tells me that the file or directory is currently being modified, do i want to continue. Seems that the file has not written the new command. And it is still saving the names of all new docs. What is not being done to finalize this command? "#set historylog..........ctl O" - yes, from "sudo"

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by michaelk

If I understand your problem. Invoking ^t will display files that do not exist from the command line or another file browser?

From the nano manual:

I guess I really have not delved into all the nano settings but are you sure you are looking in the correct directory? As far as I can tell ctrl-t it is just a file browser and displays the current contents of the selected directory.

nano will create backup files which have the suffix ~.

~/.nano_history is for saving and reading search/replace strings.

Take a look at your nanorc file(s).

https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/latest/nano.html

Thanks. Yes, ctl-t does seem to display the contents of the directory. I'm not sure what the correct directory is since I just want to delete all 'nano-history'. I can go into nano via "sudo nano" or "sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config" and then to 'ctl R' and then 'ctl T' = get same list of all doc titles saved there.

Is nano just holding the titles of the docs or is it actually holding a copy of the files as well???

michaelk · 07-16-2019, 10:22 PM

nano is not holding anything. ^T is a built in file browser i.e. similar to any graphical application with a file open dialog box.

What history is saved depends on nano's configuration file i.e nanorc as described in the documentation.

linx9 · 07-16-2019, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by michaelk

nano is not holding anything. ^T is a built in file browser i.e. similar to any graphical application with a file open dialog box.

What history is saved depends on nano's configuration file i.e nanorc as described in the documentation.

Thanks. Maybe to delete the file list there I could uninstall and then reinstall nano. DO you see a problem with that?