how to clean a command

albana · 01-13-2014, 09:47 AM

i have showed the history of shell commands $history how can i delete all comands who arent in /bin

custangro · 01-13-2014, 10:20 AM

Something like this...(you may have to play around with this command as I'm doing it on the top of my head)

Code:

for hist in $(history | grep -v "/bin" | awk '{print $1}'); do history -d ${hist}; done

albana · 01-13-2014, 10:39 AM

thank you

albana · 01-13-2014, 10:42 AM

i am just a begginer in linux can u please be more precisious

chrism01 · 01-13-2014, 03:45 PM

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precisious ???

Can you perhaps re-phrase that sentence?

albana · 01-13-2014, 04:21 PM

Can u please tell me how can I show in the screen the list with the remaining commands?(sorry for my english)

albana · 01-14-2014, 06:08 AM

and it requires to show in the screen an appropriate message?

pan64 · 01-14-2014, 06:38 AM

have you tried the command history?

TB0ne · 01-14-2014, 09:38 AM

shivaa · 01-14-2014, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albana

i have showed the history of shell commands $history how can i delete all comands who arent in /bin

Simpy use, history -c command.

Code:

~$ history -c