Good point! When I want to run something on a server and I don't want it to end in the .history file, I always run vi and execute the commands inside it ( <esc

Good point! When I want to run something on a server and I don't want it to end in the .history file, I always run vi and execute the commands inside it ( <esc>:!command ). It always shows in the process list; but for short-lived commands the opportunity window is small for an attacker.