Right now, I'm aware that for all commands typed into the console, the Ubuntu system logs it somewhere.
How can I disable logging of unix commands for all users?
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1It would be helpful for future readers to understand why someone might wish to remove command histories. By way of counterpoint, users frequently retype the same or similar commands and can avail themselves of the ctrl-r, up arrow, or bang mechanisms. – dmourati Oct 3 '12 at 18:09
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As a tip if you put a space before command (start the command with a space) it will not be recorded in your history, and up/down arrow keys will not show it either. – Mahdi Jul 3 '17 at 16:20
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Try putting this in your /etc/profile:
unset HISTFILE
This only works for shells which evaluate the systemwide profile like bash and sh, see bash manual. Not sure about other shells. Also, users need to logout and login again to make it work.
answered Oct 3 '12 at 17:26
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@Shi unfortunately I can't approve your suggested edit, so I have to do it manually. – Alexander Janssen Oct 3 '12 at 17:38
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Funny. I couldn't approve it in the notifications, because I don't have enough points, but I was able to do it when I clicked on edit. – Alexander Janssen Oct 3 '12 at 17:40
You can also disable history using command
set +o history
This would be per shell. To make it permanent put it in /etc/profile
You can easely erase your current user command history using
history -c
useful if you typed a password as a commnad parameter.
