> > clear > file > > Um, no. I know how to create empty files. :)
the above command doesn't create an empty file, it creates a file which contains the control codes which clear the screen. eg. heyzeus(larry)$ clear > /tmp/blah heyzeus(larry)$ od -tc /tmp/blah 0000000 033 [ H 033 [ 2 J 0000007 or if you still don't believe me try using vi to edit the created file, or simply cat it and you'll notice that it clears the screen. > Slink's default behavior leaves all the text from the previous user's > session on the screen, and writes /etc/issue to the screen at the > bottom, with all this old session text above it. Red Hat prints > /etc/issue (I assume that's the file) on a blank screen at the screen's > top. How? open up /etc/issue and then import (to the top of the file) the control codes from /tmp/blah. every time the /etc/issue file is viewed the screen will be cleared. adam.
