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Bash Linux - clear screen and clear all bash histories and back to home folder

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clearall.sh

history -c && history -w && clear && cd ~

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marhensa commented Aug 28, 2023 •

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to make an alias, so it could be run in a single simple command: clearall

if grep -q "alias clearall" ~/.bashrc; then
    sed -i '/alias clearall/d' ~/.bashrc
fi

cat <<EOF >> ~/.bashrc
alias clearall='history -c && history -w && clear && cd ~'
EOF

source ~/.bashrc

clear && echo "Now 'clearall' is a command to clear all bash histories and back to home folder."

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