Atuin: delete history entries
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Deleting, scrubbing, redacting old shell history entries is now easier than ever, thanks to atuin.
shell
% atuin search '^aws_login_headless' --delete
deleting 019ad59e973b7c139c4a1d67fe2155be
deleting 019ad59e973b7c139c4a1d40a0da15f1First do the search without --delete, and then re-run the command with
--delete if the output is what you expect.
You would want to do so in these two scenarios:
- prevent irrelevant entries from showing up in
C-r(history search), reducing clutter - delete sensitive entries e.g. passwords (
docker login --password {foo})
Backlinks
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