On 04/28/2012 09:38 PM, 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.
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what made you think it would?, ie, from where do you find above variable
and it's use?
I still have duplicate commands galore.
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not surprised.
Why isn't is working?
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wrong command.
try;
HISTCONTROL="ignoredupes"
export HISTCONTROL
wfm ;)
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