Limiting .bash_history inputs

[Roger]

I am using Fedora 18.
A long time ago someone asked for a way to stop repeat commands like 
clear, ls -aFl,  and others from going into .bash_history.
Can someone please tell  me what the command was.
Thanks Roger

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/31/13 09:12, Roger wrote:
> I am using Fedora 18.
> A long time ago someone asked for a way to stop repeat commands like clear, ls -aFl,  and others from going into .bash_history.
> Can someone please tell  me what the command was.
> Thanks Roger

I think you are looking for the environment variable

HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/31/13 09:23, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 03/31/13 09:12, Roger wrote:
> > I am using Fedora 18.
> > A long time ago someone asked for a way to stop repeat commands like clear, ls -aFl,  and others from going into .bash_history.
> > Can someone please tell  me what the command was.
> > Thanks Roger
>
> I think you are looking for the environment variable
>
> HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

Or maybe you want HISTCONTROL=erasedups