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**1.i. Leave Bash without history:**
Tell Bash that there is no history file (*~/.bash_history*). This is the first command we execute on every shell. It will stop the Bash from logging your commands.
Tell Bash that there is no history file (*~/.bash_history*). This is the first command we execute on every shell. It will stop the Bash from logging your commands.
```
$ unset HISTFILE
```
Note: *export HISTFILE=/dev/null* as root on some (old) Linux systems causes /dev/null to be chmod'ed to 600...causing all kind of problems).
It is good housekeeping to 'commit suicide' when exiting the shell:
It is good housekeeping to 'commit suicide' when exiting a shell:
```
$ kill -9 $$
$ alias exit='kill -9 $$'
```
Note: Any command starting with a " " (space) will [not get logged to history](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/115917/why-is-bash-not-storing-commands-that-start-with-spaces) either.
Any command starting with a " " (space) will [not get logged to history](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/115917/why-is-bash-not-storing-commands-that-start-with-spaces) either.
```
$ id
```