I can confirm this problem for Karmic although I believe it has been around at least since Jaunty.
Maybe this has something to do with unsuccessful commands not being saved in the history anymore? This is something I realized recently to have happened. I think it's arguable whether that is a bug or a feature. $ env|grep HIST HISTSIZE=1000 HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth;erasedups $ sort ~/.bash_history | uniq -d -c | sort -n | tail -n 4 10 top 12 bg 15 sudo aptitude 24 pidof xfdesktop ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- ignoredupes in HISTCONTROL does not work anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397230 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs