Re: [Sheflug] making /etc/issue clear the screen

[Dave Page <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 04:04:17AM +0100, Andrew Basterfield wrote:

> I want to make [a]getty clear the screen before prompting for username
> and password

> I know I can clear the screen from the console with Ctrl-L or Alt-012 to
> produce the ASCII character 'form-feed'.

Does 'clear' not work?

Dave
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