Re: How to clear screen before login prompt
>> Brandon Mitchell wrote:
>> >On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Jieyao wrote:
>> >
>> >> I was trying to do a clear screen after I logout from the console
before t
>> >he login
>> >> prompt appears.
if you are using bash as your shell then just create a .bash_logout file in the
users home hirectory and put the clear command in that file. bash then runs
this file everytime you logout. Works for me anyway.
Regards
Graham
>> >
>> >A better twist on all the clear suggestions that are shell specific:
>> >
>> >$ clear >new.issue
>> >$ edit new.issue # whatever editor you want
>> >$ mv new.issue /etc/issue
>>
>> This solution works by capturing the clearscreen escape sequence to
new.issue.
>> Therefore it will not work for anyone using a different terminal type; it
>> could even hang their terminals (Wyse 50 terminals could easily get hung by
>> being sent unrecognised sequences).
>>
>> Using the clear command ensures that the sequence sent is correct for the
>> current terminal type.
>>
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>> Oliver Elphick Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk
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>>
>>
>>
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