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		jlgreco on Nov 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Love Your Terminal Every few months I wipe out all of the `ls`, `clear`, `cd` and similar entries from my history file. Usually knocks the size down by a decent double-digit percentage.

netfeed on Nov 30, 2012 [–]

the history size becomes a bit smaller if you add: export HISTCONTROL="ignoredups"

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