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How to Clear BASH Command Line History in Linux

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Aaron Kili
Dec 27, 2017

Tecmint: The bash history keeps a record of all commands executed by a user on the Linux command line. This allows you to easily run previously executed commands by using the ???up arrow??? or ???down arrow??? keys to scroll through the command history file.

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Aaron Kili

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