Note that you can run sage -v
to get just the version; and sage -q to start in quiet mode (no banner). Combining them gives a "simplified banner". $ sage -v; sage -q SageMath version 8.3.rc2, Release Date: 2018-07-22 sage: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.