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		ggchappell on Sept 17, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding Bash History Ah, didn't know about that one. Thanx. (But it still doesn't address the main issue.)

ikitat on Sept 18, 2010 [–]

HISTCONTROL="ignorespace"

now you can keep a given command from history

find ...

<space>!! -delete

ggchappell on Sept 18, 2010 | [–]

That's a nice feature.

Now it remains to be seen whether I can train myself to always precede "unsafe" find commands with a blank.

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