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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 19:11:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Andrew Gould <andrewgould@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: how to clear the screen while logging off
To: Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>,
	Skull Crusher <skull@slayer-domain.com>
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--- Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Skull Crusher wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > Is there a way to clear the screen as you log off
> besides just typing
> > CLEAR and then type EXIT
> > What I would like it to look like is just like the
> normal logon screen
> > where it just says FreeBSD/i386
> (blah.blah.blah.com) ttyvX
> > If you know what I mean..
> 
> If your shell executes a logout script, stick a
> 'clear' statement in that.
> I use tcsh which uses ~/.logout for individual users
> and /etc/csh.logout
> for systemwide.
> 
> Ken Bolingbroke
> hacker@bolingbroke.com

For the bash shell, put the 'clear' statement in
~/.bash_logout.

As root, you can then copy the .bash_logout file to
/usr/share/skel/dot.bash_logout to automatically
install the file in new users' home directories.

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould

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