Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall uname output: Linux gouch.ihate.ms 3.2.0-24-virtual #38-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 1 16:38:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2 Patch Level: 24 Release Status: release Description: Putting a space or multiple spaces before a command and executing it causes the command to not get logged to bash history file. Repeat-By: user@server:~$ pwd /root user@server:~$ history 1 pwd 2 history user@server:~$ ls <------ Note the space before the command user@server:~$ date Fri May 25 02:59:43 UTC 2012 user@server:~$ history 1 pwd 2 history 3 date 4 history