Re: Preventing TRAMP commands from appearing in bash history

[Michael Albinus]

Bartosz Kaczyński <bkaczynski@posteo.net> writes:

> Hello TRAMP users,

Hi Bart,

> I frequently use TRAMP with SSH to execute commands on remote servers.
> However, I notice that TRAMP commands, such as:
>
> exec env TERM='dumb' INSIDE_EMACS='31.0.50,tramp:2.8.0-pre' ENV=''
> HISTFILE=~/.tramp_history PROMPT_COMMAND=''
> PS1=///a3baaba9ef094600cb66d45cb63c51ec\#\$ PS2='' PS3='' /bin/sh  -i \
>
> are left in the remote server's bash history.
>
> I would like to prevent TRAMP from leaving these traces in the bash
> history. I have reviewed the documentation but couldn't find a direct
> solution.
>
> Is there a way to configure TRAMP or the remote shell to avoid this? Any
> help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Read the Tramp manual at (info "(tramp) Remote processes") , subsection
"6.6.2 Managing remote shell history".

> Thank you!
> Bart

Best regards, Michael.