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I'm with you, I've had export HISTFILE=/dev/null in my .bashrc for 20 years. I just don't see the appeal of persistent history. And I've seen too many int
by __david__ 10y ago
I'm with you, I've had
export HISTFILE=/dev/null
in my .bashrc for 20 years. I just don't see the appeal of persistent history. And I've seen too many intrusion pastes where passwords and databases are pulled out of the bash history file.
- Myrmornis 10y agoIn a work environment with many complex shell commands to perform daily tasks shell history is the most efficient way to repeat tasks with complex command lines performed weeks/months ago. Documentation, wikis etc are always slightly lacking/stale and are less effective than simply seeing how you did it last.