howto clear bash history?

[Alexey Fadyushin]

Another way to clear history is to delete .bash_history file.
rm -f ~/.bash_history

However, actions on .bash_history will not clear the history of commands 
used in the bash session running at that time. That history is stored in 
RAM and written to .bash_history when the session ends. The correct way 
to clear history is to use 'history -c' because this will clear all 
history, including commands used in the session from which the command 
'history -c' is given.

Alexey Fadyushin.
Brainbench MVP for Linux.
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Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> El Lunes 31 Enero 2005 06:53, Aseem Khurana escribió:
> 
>>Anyone with hints to clear bash history?
>>
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> 
> I've read what Ed and Michael said, whatever, here is another way to clear 
> your bash history: [linux]$  > .bash_history
> 
> Cheers
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