What a day

So now I am majorly into PHP and the LAMP stack.

Linux startup scripts

Good place to get some startup scripts if you are setting up a new server:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/6.3/postlfs/profile.html


some other pointers:

1. $HISTIGNORE  environment variable allows you to define a set of commonly used commands that you don't want cluttering up your history list.  You can even use RegEx to define the commands you don't are for.
2. $HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth  is a handy one too so your history file doesn't get any dups