diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index f32df9051..50742d177 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2004-11-18  Pavel Shirshov  <me@pavelsh.pp.ru>
+
+	* user.c (execute_menu_command): Revert last changes. Execute
+	shell_execute() with flag EXECUTE_HIDE to prevent recording
+	in ~/.bash_history.
+	* execute.h: Add EXECUTE_HIDE flag. It's used to prefix the command
+	with a space.
+	* execute.c (shell_execute): Prefix the command with a space, if define
+	EXECUTE_HIDE flag.
+
 2004-11-17  Roland Illig  <roland.illig@gmx.de>
 
 	* screen.c (do_search): Ignore the backspace key on empty
diff --git a/src/execute.c b/src/execute.c
index eb710a9ad..2dd7486b8 100644
--- a/src/execute.c
+++ b/src/execute.c
@@ -174,16 +174,26 @@ do_execute (const char *shell, const char *command, int flags)
 void
 shell_execute (const char *command, int flags)
 {
+    char *cmd;
+
+    if(flags & EXECUTE_HIDE) {
+	cmd = g_strconcat (" ", command, (char *) NULL);
+	flags ^= EXECUTE_HIDE;
+    } else
+	cmd = g_strdup(command);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SUBSHELL_SUPPORT
     if (use_subshell)
 	if (subshell_state == INACTIVE)
-	    do_execute (shell, command, flags | EXECUTE_AS_SHELL);
+	    do_execute (shell, cmd, flags | EXECUTE_AS_SHELL);
 	else
 	    message (1, MSG_ERROR,
 		     _(" The shell is already running a command "));
     else
 #endif				/* HAVE_SUBSHELL_SUPPORT */
-	do_execute (shell, command, flags | EXECUTE_AS_SHELL);
+	do_execute (shell, cmd, flags | EXECUTE_AS_SHELL);
+
+    g_free(cmd);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/execute.h b/src/execute.h
index 52261da78..19b7b5aec 100644
--- a/src/execute.h
+++ b/src/execute.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #define EXECUTE_INTERNAL   1
 #define EXECUTE_AS_SHELL   4
+#define EXECUTE_HIDE       8
 
 /* Execute functions that use the shell to execute */
 void shell_execute (const char *command, int flags);
diff --git a/src/user.c b/src/user.c
index 8daa896f4..b65ae5518 100644
--- a/src/user.c
+++ b/src/user.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ execute_menu_command (WEdit *edit_widget, const char *commands)
     int  do_quote = 0;
     char prompt [80];
     int  col;
-    char *file_name, *space_file_name;
+    char *file_name;
     int run_view = 0;
 
     /* Skip menu entry title line */
@@ -632,16 +632,14 @@ execute_menu_command (WEdit *edit_widget, const char *commands)
     }
     fclose (cmd_file);
     chmod (file_name, S_IRWXU);
-    space_file_name = g_strconcat (" ", file_name, (char *) NULL);
     if (run_view) {
 	run_view = 0;
-	view (space_file_name, 0, &run_view, 0);
+	view (file_name, 0, &run_view, 0);
     } else {
-	shell_execute (space_file_name, 0);
+	shell_execute (file_name, EXECUTE_HIDE);
     }
     unlink (file_name);
     g_free (file_name);
-    g_free (space_file_name);
 }
 
 /*