Make user history cleaning optional in trace eraser
User bash history cleaning is now optional with a prompt, since most users only work as root. Changes: • Added user count detection • Prompts: "Clean user bash histories too? (y/n) [n]" • Default is "no" (skip user histories) • If no users exist, automatically skips • Only cleans root history by default (faster, covers 99% of use cases) This makes the script faster and more sensible for typical usage where only root is used to run the toolkit.
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@@ -73,29 +73,47 @@ if [ -f ~/.bash_history ]; then
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history -w
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fi
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# Clean bash history for all users
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# Clean bash history for all users (optional - skip if only root is used)
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echo "→ Checking user histories..."
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user_count=0
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for user_home in /home/*; do
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if [ -f "$user_home/.bash_history" ]; then
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username=$(basename "$user_home")
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echo " → Cleaning history for $username..."
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# Remove last 50 lines from user history
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total_lines=$(wc -l < "$user_home/.bash_history")
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if [ "$total_lines" -gt 50 ]; then
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lines_to_keep=$((total_lines - 50))
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head -n "$lines_to_keep" "$user_home/.bash_history" > "$user_home/.bash_history.tmp"
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mv "$user_home/.bash_history.tmp" "$user_home/.bash_history"
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chown "$username:$username" "$user_home/.bash_history" 2>/dev/null
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echo " ✓ Cleaned (removed last 50 entries)"
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else
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> "$user_home/.bash_history"
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chown "$username:$username" "$user_home/.bash_history" 2>/dev/null
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echo " ✓ Cleared (file had < 50 entries)"
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fi
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fi
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[ -d "$user_home" ] && user_count=$((user_count + 1))
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done
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if [ "$user_count" -eq 0 ]; then
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echo " ✓ No user accounts found (skipped)"
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else
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echo " Found $user_count user account(s)"
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echo ""
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read -p " Clean user bash histories too? (y/n) [n]: " clean_users
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if [ "$clean_users" = "y" ] || [ "$clean_users" = "Y" ]; then
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for user_home in /home/*; do
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if [ -f "$user_home/.bash_history" ]; then
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username=$(basename "$user_home")
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echo " → Cleaning history for $username..."
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# Remove last 50 lines from user history
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total_lines=$(wc -l < "$user_home/.bash_history")
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if [ "$total_lines" -gt 50 ]; then
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lines_to_keep=$((total_lines - 50))
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head -n "$lines_to_keep" "$user_home/.bash_history" > "$user_home/.bash_history.tmp"
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mv "$user_home/.bash_history.tmp" "$user_home/.bash_history"
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chown "$username:$username" "$user_home/.bash_history" 2>/dev/null
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echo " ✓ Cleaned (removed last 50 entries)"
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else
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> "$user_home/.bash_history"
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chown "$username:$username" "$user_home/.bash_history" 2>/dev/null
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echo " ✓ Cleared (file had < 50 entries)"
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fi
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fi
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done
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else
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echo " ✓ Skipped user histories (only root cleaned)"
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fi
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fi
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echo ""
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# Clean system logs (pattern-based for logs, not history)
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echo "→ Cleaning system logs..."
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if [ -f /var/log/messages ]; then
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