> Is there a way to have a command that does not show up in history? > Or a way to pipe a string where the string doesn't show up in > history? > > Ie, I set some passwords with: > echo "some string and stuff" | sha512sum > (Probably with cut and awk and other such things) Apart from beginning the command with a space as already mentioned, you could enter just the command "sha512sum" then as input type some string and stuff followed by Ctrl-D. -- Cheers, Clive