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# To see top commands
history | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head
# To remove a commands from history
# Replace YOUR_COMMAND with the initials of the command you want to remove from bash history
sed -i '/^YOUR_COMMAND/d' ~/.bash_history
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