Sneaky way to prevent all Terminal history

[Tech198]

Probably not the best route, but it works just as good without scripts, open Terminal window and type:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE

"force quit" Finder.

in %home folder% trash .bash_history file and delete contents of .bash_history folder and lock (Get info, and tick "Locked")

- In Terminal, type history -c (probably not required)
- reverse the showing of files as above, but use FALSE instead, and re-launch Finder again.

All history will never be kept across any session of Terminal.

Although the .bash_history fill will still be created, the fact .bash_folder cannot be written to because its locked, your good to go

You'll get an error every time Terminal opens mkdir... but that is nothing to worry about.

If u wish to re-enable history, just show all files again and unlock the folder.

 

[KALLT]

You can just set up a configuration in your ".bash_profile" file. Whatever will be put in there will be executed/set whenever you start a new shell session. For example, adding:

set +o history

disables the history for the lifecycle of the session. Alternatively, you can also unset the history file:

unset HISTFILE