selective command history

[suvayu ali]

Hi everyone,

Found it!

On 17 September 2010 11:47, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Set HISTIGNORE to 'ignorespace' and prefix any commands you want to
>> ignore with a space.
>>
>
> That didn't work for me either. :(
>

Set HISTCONTROL to "ignorespace" to achieve the above. :)

And if you want to ignore duplicate entries, then you can use
"ignoredupes". To choose both simultaneously, use "ignoreboth".

Hope this helps. :)

Thank you all who replied. Your replies pointed me in the right direction.

-- 
Suvayu

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