On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 11:54 -0700, suvayu ali wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Found it! > > On 17 September 2010 11:47, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Set HISTIGNORE to 'ignorespace' and prefix any commands you want to > >> ignore with a space. > >> > > > > That didn't work for me either. :( > > > > Set HISTCONTROL to "ignorespace" to achieve the above. :) > Let us get specific: You are saying if I insert the following line in .bash_profile export HISTCONTROL="ignorespace" Then commands entered with a space before the first letter in the command will not show up in when going back in the command history. That does not work on my machine. What am I doing wrong? -- ======================================================================= "Sometimes insanity is the only alternative" -- button at a Science Fiction convention. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
