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title: "Hide \"Last login:\" on bash login"
kind: article
slug: hide-last-login-on-bash-login
created_at: 2010-11-25
tags:
  - BASH
  - MacOSX
---
Everytime I open a new Terminal on my Mac, I get a line like this:

    Last login: Thu Nov 25 09:07:55 on ttys004

This annoys me. I don't care when I last opened a local Terminal.
~
To hide this "Last login" message when logging in to bash you need to create a file in your homedirectory.

    touch ~/.hushlogin

With this `.hushlogin` file in place you won't see the "Last login" message and go directly to your prompt, where you want to be.