Methods for avoiding bash history logging? What are some tricks for avoiding bash history being logged in a fascist logging environment that does not involve modifying `.bashrc` or deleting content from within the history file?

I guess you have .bash_profile, and this startup file calling .bashrc? Do you have write permission on .bash_profile?

Otherwise, if you just don't want to log some commands, run


$ unset HISTFILE


then all commands afterwards won't be logged within that session.