Bash command 'history -c ' won't works properly(?)

General system Bug reports
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I noticed that the command ’ history -c ’ for cleaning the bash history works only on the instance opened.
But if I close it and I reopen the terminal, here comes the history again.
Is that an issue?

2

I don’t know, but you can use it rm ~/.bash_history . See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/clear-the-shell-history-in-ubuntu-linux/
.bash_history simple text file, can also be got rid of by renaming.

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Try deleting file ~/.bash_history.

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4

That’s for you to decide…
If you want to write that empty history to disk use

$ history -w

afterwards.

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5

To clear bash history i type:

history -c && history -w

or

cat /dev/null > ~/.bash_history

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@freggel.doe
@Melways

Thanks guys! I was thinking that simply digiting ’ history -c ’ makes the whole work.

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