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How to delete a single command from history on a Linux/Unix Bash shell

last updated January 30, 2018 in BASH Shell, Debian / Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, RedHat and Friends, UNIX

I‘m working in Ubuntu bash terminal application and remotely on a RHEL server in cloud platform. I typed the wrong and dangerous command. I no longer wish to remember dangerous command in the history file. How can I remove or delete a single command from bash history file?

Linux / UNIX: Clear bash history

last updated February 17, 2009 in BASH Shell, Linux, UNIX

Q. I’m using CentOS Linux server and how do I clear bash history in UNIX / Linux / BSD operating systems?

A. Type the following command to clear your bash history:

>~/.bash_history

Another option is link ~/.bash_history to /dev/null:
ln -sf /dev/null ~/.bash_history