Top-posting 'cuz you did The .bash_profile thing works beautifully, except I found that I had to add it to .bashrc for it to work with my aterms and xterms too. Thanks! Excerpts from Lisa Kachold's message of Sun Apr 26 05:27:52 -0700 2009: > Hey SuperTunaMan, > > By default, all commands you type in are stored in the history. You can pick > and chose the commands you want to store by putting the option > > export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace > > in your ~/.bash_profile file. This will *make sure that bash dont store any > command beginning with the space character*. So if you want bash to forget > that you typed in ls, just type in ls(ls). > > As far as I know, command substitution [backtics] and sub-command setup also > can be torqued (and cause a nice Snort IDS alert) to do this nicely: > http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/advanced_bash_scripting_guide/commandsub. > html > > Custom variables are available for bash HIST: > http://sock-raw.org/papers/bash_history > > Or a separate logfile for each term: > http://www.ducea.com/2006/05/15/linux-tips-take-control-of-your-bash_history/ > > I also suggest a keylogger: > http://www2.packetstormsecurity.org/cgi-bin/search/search.cgi?searchvalue=linux+ > bash+keyloggers&type=archives&[search].x=0&[search].y=0 > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Andrew "Tuna" Harris > wrote: > > > Herroes > > > > There are some seekrit things that I would rather not have my > > .bash_history knowing. Is there a way to set rules that prevent commands > > containing a certain word like, say, "angry_watermelon" from being stored? > > > > Also, are things that are sent to standard out logged anywhere? > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss