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shred ~/.bash_history; clear; exit

• josephagoss 10y ago
  unset HISTFILE; shred ~/.bash_history; exit You want to unset the current HISTFILE so that it doesn't become apart of ~/.bash_history when you exit.
  • nitrogen 10y ago
    Putting a space in front of commands prevents them from being recorded in the history file.
    • josephagoss 10y ago
      I never knew that! This is awesome, not sure why I never picked up on this before. Thank you.
    • thewhitetulip 10y ago
      I tried doing this, but doesn't work on Mac