Try to exclude commands that might contain a password (specify a user…

…name).

functions

@@ -245,6 +245,17 @@ function find.name() {
     sh -c "find . -iname $wild"
 }
 
+# Function that takes 2 args, a list and a string,
+# and returns 0 if the string is in the list, or
+# 1 otherwise.
+function contains() {
+    for item in $1; do
+        if [ "$item" = "$2" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
 
 # From Eli Bendersky
 # http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2013/06/11/keeping-persistent-history-in-bash/
@@ -253,6 +264,16 @@ function log_bash_persistent_history() {
     [[ $(history 1) =~ ^\ *[0-9]+\ +([^\ ]+\ [^\ ]+)\ +(.*)$ ]]
     local date_part="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
     local command_part="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+    # Try to replace usernames/passwords.
+    if contains "$command_part" "$USER"; then
+        return
+    fi
+    if contains "$command_part" "jiml"; then
+        return
+    fi
+    if contains "$command_part" "jlawton"; then
+        return
+    fi
     if [ "$command_part" != "$PERSISTENT_HISTORY_LAST" ]; then
         echo "$HOSTNAME | $date_part | $command_part" >> ~/.persistent_history
         export PERSISTENT_HISTORY_LAST="$command_part"