On 12/08/2011 09:00 AM, Patton Echols wrote: ... > Hmmm, It turns out that my .bash_history is filled with the garbage > characters except for the 1/2 dozen commands I have used since this > started. I cleared it by doing $ mv .bash_history .bash_history-junk. > Hopefully that's the end of it. ... Next time: $ history -c