On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:32:02AM +0530, Rajarshi Tiwari wrote: > To @Alex >> > > >couldn't you do > >unset HISTFILE > >vim <histfile> > >exit > > I don't follow, but i believe you are trying to suggest that one should > temporary disable history, edit the file manually, to clean it, and then > restore. If this what you suggest, I am already doing it :-) , but looking > for something that could automate it safely. no unsetting HISTFILE mean bash will not update the history file, so edit it with vim and then exit the bash program. I was repling to the fact that the suggestion was to start the editor in another thread -
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