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Re: can't the shell do a better job



On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 02:52:12PM +0800, Smith a wrote:
> when i am in command line , i often use up arrow key to get commands used 
> before, but if i have used a command several times,  the up arrow key will 
> display the same command several times, this is not welcome.  
> ~/.bash_history contains the commands used before, can the shell display 
> the same command just once?
> 

It can but you have to tell it that you want it that way.  Try 'export
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups'.

HTH

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