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Ubuntu's history keeps popping up

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I've got a problem with my Ubuntu 22.04. I want to clear out the command line history, so I type 'history -c' and everything seems fine, I type 'history' and it's all cleard. Then, I logout and shutdown, log in again and type 'history' once again and I'm back to square one with all my previous commands from the previous sessions.

I've already tried typing varieties of commands:

cat /dev/null > ~/.bash_history



cat /dev/null > ~/.bash_history && history -c && exit



echo > ./.bash_history

but nothing works. Thanks in advance, cheers

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answered 3 Years ago fotres · Accepted Answer

Use history -c && history -w

From history --help:

Options:

  -c    clear the history list by deleting all of the entries



  -w    write the current history to the history file