In the new '.bashrc' (in base-file-3.9) there is: # export HISTIGNORE="[ \t]*:&:[fb]g:exit" # export HISTIGNORE="[ \t]*:&:[fb]g:exit:ls" and I have adopted the first, [1] export HISTIGNORE="[ \t]*:&:[fb]g:exit" In my previous '.bashrc' I had [2] export HISTIGNORE="[ ]*:&:[fb]g:exit" With the choice [1], command like tar -cavf foo.tar.bz2 foo.txt are ignored from history. Is this to be expected? What exactly does it mean '[ \t]'? Thanks, Angelo. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple