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Re: Clearing Screen on Logout?



On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM, ludovico van <ludovicovan80@gmail.com> wrote:
> i have this in $HOME/.bash_logout :
> # ~/.bash_logout: executed by bash(1) when login shell exits.
>
> # when leaving the console clear the screen to increase privacy
>
> if [ "$SHLVL" = 1 ]; then
>    [ -x /usr/bin/clear_console ] && /usr/bin/clear_console -q
> fi
>
> however a simple "clear" should be enough
>
> bye

I think having to type 'clear' before log out is crazy. Also if I have
1,000 users, thats a log of files to edit. Is there no global file
config that will achieve this?


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