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Date:      Mon, 8 May 2000 19:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Ken Bolingbroke <hacker@bolingbroke.com>
To:        Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        TymbrWlf <tymbrwlf@bellsouth.net>
Subject:   Re: Clear Screen Before Logout
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005081908130.537-100000@fremont.bolingbroke.com>
In-Reply-To: <007301bfb959$c60864d0$0200a8c0@tymbrwlf>

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On Mon, 8 May 2000, TymbrWlf wrote:

> Would there be a good way to set up an alias for that command under the csh
> shell? If I put "alias cya    clear ; logout" in my .cshrc file, I get put
> into a login loop. How would I put multiple commands into an alias? (i.e.

You'll want to quote the alias part, otherwise csh is interpreting the ';'
as the end of your command statement, this "logout" becomes the next
command statement, and it does exactly that.  Ex:

 alias cya   'clear ; logout'

Me, I just put 'clear' in my /etc/csh.logout file...

Ken Bolingbroke
hacker@bolingbroke.com



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