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how to clear the input history in gnome terminal

Asked by gklau

i input some sensitive information in the command line of gnome terminal.
how to clear the input history in gnome terminal, thanks.

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Konstantin Konev (skfd) said : 		#1

Possible solution is to invoke "history -c" to clear Terminal command history.
Also some changes to gedit ~/.bash_profile may be done. Add this lines:

unset HISTFILE
# to stop saving history at all

export HISTFILESIZE=1
# if you prefered to save history, you can set how many lines of cammnds to save

export HISTSIZE=1
# to set the number of commands to be remembered while the Terminal is running

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Best Luky Winarto (luckyborneo) said : 		#2

Hi gklau,

Open your terminal, then run this command:
$ history -c

Hopefully that will help you.

-Luky-

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gklau (laugeenkeung) said : 		#3

It is what i need.
thanks to Luky Winarto and Konstantin Konev