selective command history

[Suvayu Ali]

On Saturday 18 September 2010 04:40 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> Ok, maybwe we have reached an impass. I did run . .bash_profile and did
> not see your described behavior.
>

This is what I see.

> $ HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
> $ echo $HISTCONTROL
> ignorespace
> $ ls -d */
> bin/          codebaby/  firefox/    kagajpatra/  rpmbuild/    tmp/
> bugzilla/     Desktop/   gaanbajna/  Mail/        scripts/     Videos/
> build/        dloads/    GNUstep/    org/         Suvayu/
> chalochitra/  dox/       iMacros/    Public/      Templates/
> chhobi/       eBoi/      imp-deps/   R00Tdox/     temp_latex/
> $  ls Templates/
> pro-grey-outlines.otp  QuickResults.otp  Research-talks.otp  rt-hand-margin.otp
> $ man ls
> $  man man
> $ exit

After the above session, my history file looks like this.

> $ tail -5 .bash_history
> echo $HISTCONTROL
> HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
> echo $HISTCONTROL
> ls -d */
> man ls

I hope that clears it.

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