[WBEL-users] The Terminal Remembers!

[Rex Dieter]

Daniel J. Summers wrote:
> Hello...
> 
> I noticed earlier today that my terminal sessions are "remembering" the 
> entries I've typed across sessions (i.e., close one terminal, open 
> another, up-arrow, and there they are).  I've searched online, but have 
> obviously not hit on the right keywords just yet - where would one 
> configure the terminal to throw that information away when the session 
> ends? 

It's a feature of bash.  See
~/.bash_history

Remove that file on logout if you don't want it to persist.

-- Rex