Brad said: > This was posted a while back on the list. i forget who or when though... > > # mv /etc/issue /etc/issue.old > # clear > /etc/issue > # cat /etc/issue.old >> /etc/issue
Assuming you're using bash as your shell, a much simpler option is to just create a file in your home directory named .bash_logout (other shells use .logout or other variations on the same theme) containing the command clear You'll probably also want to copy that file into /etc/skel so that it will automatically be added to the home directories of any new users. (These two methods are not actually equivalent. Changing /etc/issue will make a system-wide change which is not overridable by users, but may not work as expected if someone uses a terminal with more lines on the display than expected. Adding the command to the user's logout file will, obviously, only work on a user-by-user basis and can be turned off by individual users if they don't want the screen to clear when they logout, but should always work regardless of terminal geometry.)
