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Controlling Bash History
Don't put duplicate lines in the history.
See bash(1) for more options
export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups export HISTIGNORE='&'
History Size
Command line:
export HISTSIZE=2000
.bash_history:
export HISTFILESIZE=2000
Prompt
My prompt settings - colour and split line for extra clarity:
PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;34m\]\w \n\$ \[\033[00m\]'
