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• # In .bashrc or .bash_profile
  export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
  export HISTSIZE=10000
  export HISTFILESIZE=1000000
  export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T "
  export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'
  

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  # In .bashrc or .bash_profile
  export HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:ignorespace
  export HISTSIZE=10000
  export HISTFILESIZE=1000000
  export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F %T "
  export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a'
  

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