Logging Out

You log out of a terminal session by typing "logout".

If your logout is successful (see below), you will see a message indicating that, a message inviting you to login (again), some garbage or even nothing at all (that is, no familiar %). Now, just turn off the terminal.

There are two "hindrances" to logging out that you may encounter. Both appear as a message after you have typed "logout". The first of these is

There are stopped jobs. This message is described in a later section.

A second possible message at logout is

Not login shell. See the section on this message for details.

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