Re: How to clear screen before login prompt

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

the lone gunman wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jun 29, 1998 at 11:25:37PM +0800, Jieyao wrote:
> >
> > I was trying to do a clear screen after I logout from the console before the login
> > prompt appears.
> >
> > Any idea how this can be done? I tried some escape sequence but doesn't
> > work.
> >
> > TIA.
> 
> Many folks suggested adding the clear command to you ~/.bash_profile.
> Such a meathod is probably a bit more elegant, but my cheap hackish
                                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Hey, I resent^H^Hmble that remark!

	My bash function:

	xit () {
		clear
		logout
	}
	export xit

> way of accomplishing what you want is aliasing "clear && exit" to the
> word "bye" -- or whatever you want.
> 
> Seems Linux always has several ways of accomplishing one task.
> 
> Have fun!
> 

-- 
Ed


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