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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 to use */dev/null* instead of *~/.bash_history*. This is the first command we execute on every shell. It will stop the Bash from logging your commands.
```
$ unset HISTFILE
$ export HISTFILE=/dev/null
```
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 a shell:
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