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Milad

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Registered: 2012-03-19

Posts: 9

[Solved] history -c won't work

I was trying to clear the bash history list using:

 history -c 

But it does not work. Actually when I close the terminal and reopen it the history is still there...

Last edited by Milad (2020-05-02 16:45:06)

Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

Posts: 1,456

Re: [Solved] history -c won't work

Doesn't "history -c" just clear the history saved in RAM (not what's actually saved in ~/.bash_history)? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here (not 100% sure of this).

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thisoldman

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Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 1,172

Re: [Solved] history -c won't work

Doesn't "history -c" just clear the history saved in RAM (not what's actually saved in ~/.bash_history)? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here (not 100% sure of this).

The command will not work from a terminal emulator.  You still have bash running when you close the terminal emulator.  All you are clearing is that terminal instance's history.  To completely clear the history file with the command 'history -c', you need to run it from the login shell.

You could use this to clear the history file:

$ > ~/.bash_history

Milad

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Registered: 2012-03-19

Posts: 9

Re: [Solved] history -c won't work

Thank you so much. Marked as solved.

Last edited by Milad (2020-05-02 16:45:45)