On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 03:38:41PM -0600, Peter Gueckel wrote: > I read about a shell variable called HISTIGNORE that is supposed to prevent duplicate > commands from occurring in .bash_history. > > I put the following line into ~/.bash_profile: > > export HISTIGNORE="&" > > It's not working. I still have duplicate commands galore. Why isn't is working? I have: HISTIGNORE='ls:cp:mv:rmdir:mkdir:less:most:joe:cd' && export HISTIGNORE in my .bashrc. Works afaict. Terry -- 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
