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>For the nth time, thanks Paul.
>
>Clear and to the point as usual.
>
>What does the clear command do? If, as I suspect, it is the equivalent of
>clear screen, is there such a thing as a "pause" command that would wait for
>a keypress before proceeding to clear?
Hi JEff,
You're right there. Clear simply clears the screen.
Instead of 'pause' Linux provides read. Perhaps there is something better,
but I don't know about that yet.
Put it in .bash_profile like this and you're fine:
clear
fortune
echo
echo Press enter to continue...
read
clear
Read allows input to variables in scripts, but it will do for you here.
Paul
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