Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?

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Subject: Re: why does the shell show commands foolishly when I press UP key?
From: dulev <dusan.vodopivec@pro-ing.co.yu>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:39:43 +0100
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> I often use UP key to get commands entered previously. The shell show
> some commands again and again, just because I have used them several
> times. Can the shell be more smart?

Put in ~/.bashrc

export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups

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