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

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From: Andrew Basterfield <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:40:20 +0100
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 04:23:30 -0400
Dave Page <grimoire [at] corinne.cpio.org> wrote:

> 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?

It does indeed but /etc/issue is a text file not a shell script.

--Andrew

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