How to delete bash history in python script on Mac?

bash, delete-file, history, macos, python

Solution

You have two questions here:

First, python doesn't understand `~`, you need to expand it:

subprocess.call(['rm', os.path.expanduser('~/.bash_history')])

Second, `history` is a shell built-in. Use the shell to invoke it:

subprocess.call(['bash', '-c', 'history -c'])

Problem

I want to delete bash history with a python script on my Macbook Pro. I know two ways to delete bash history with bash shell 1.rm ~/.bash_history 2.history -c But these command does not work in python script with subprocess: 1.rm ~/.bash_history ``` import subprocess subprocess.call([‘rm’, ‘~/.bash_history']) ``` error: rm: ~/.bash_history: No such file or directory 2.history -c ``` import subprocess subprocess.call(['history', '-c']) ``` error: File "test.py", line 8, in subprocess.call(['history', '-c']) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line >524, in call return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait() File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line >711, in init errread, errwrite) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line >1308, in _execute_child raise child_exception Any ideas?

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