Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/29/2012 07:44 AM, Peter Gueckel wrote: >> Andy Blanchard wrote: >> >>> What you want is: >>> >>> export HISTCONTROL=erasedups >> It looked promising, but it doesn't work. I logged out and back in twice, >> then even completely turned off the computer and back on again, but when >> I examine the .bash_history file, it is riddled with duplicate commands. >> > > I didn't do that much testing.....being summoned for breakfast. But, it > seemed to work fine for me. > > I did 5 cat /etc/hosts followed by 5 ls /tmp and then repeated the cycled. > Logged out and Logged in and did a cat .bash_history. > > The last few lines were.... > > vi .bash_profile > ls /etc > history > ls > cat .bash_history > cat /etc/hosts > ls /tmp > > I'm thinking you have to start with an empty file. As was said in a former post, it doesn't work retroactively. -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
