This doesn't seem to be true in 4.3.42, at least not by default. " echo test" shows up in both the output of the 'history' builtin and in ~/.bash_history.
Is it an option that needs to be set?
Is it an option that needs to be set?
# don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space in the history.
# See bash(1) for more options
HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth