Frequent Question: How Do I Change the History in Linux?
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How do you change history in Linux?

There may come a time that you want to remove some or all the commands in your history file. If you want to delete a particular command, enter history -d <line number> . To clear the entire contents of the history file, execute history -c . The history file is stored in a file that you can modify, as well.

Where is the history file in Linux?

The history is stored in the ~/. bash_history file by default. You could also run ‘cat ~/. bash_history’ which is similar but does not include the line numbers or formatting.

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