Limiting .bash_history inputs

[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

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