Looking for specifically what commands/process the iphone does when you select
Clear History, Clear Cookies, and Clear Cache.

I'm interested in using a shell script to automate the deletion of the files or follow the same procedure the iphoneOS does when you select these actions rather than have to constantly press through the menus each time.

If you know what commands or actions (I presume deleting specific files) it follows, please reply back and let's see if we can automate it.

dude i was wondering the same thing! , i usually lend my family my phone when they really need it, and that includes my 10 year old sister, and i wouldnt want anyone to find some history, ..
or possibly some app like lockdown, that requires a password to access the applications you want to lock, but just for history?

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lets start with the basics
We know one of the places mobilesafari keeps its cookies is in:
/private/var/root/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist

We know one of the places mobilesafari keeps its history is in:
/private/var/mobile/Library/Safari/History.plist

We know one of the places mobilesafari keeps its cache is is:
/private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/Safari

We know when we clear cache/cookies/history it also clears:
/private/var/mobile/Library/Safari/SuspendState.plist

so we can all easily script deleting those files. But I'd like to identify if there are other files that are deleted as well. Wish I had a similar tool to filemon to execute here...

In addition to:

removing the following:
/private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/Snapshots/com.apple.mobilesafari-Default.jpg

and the contents of:
/private/var/mobile/Library/Caches/Safari/Thumbnails