Exit a login shell.
Syntax
logout [n]
Returns a status of n to the shell’s parent.
A login shell, is your topmost shell, and is started when you log in.
When you terminate a login shell (via the commands `exit', `logout,' or the end of file [^D]), you are logged out completely.
Sub-Shells
A 'sub-shell' is a shell created after login, either by loading a new shell or opening a window with a graphics interface. A sub-shell usually will not accept the command `logout' to terminate, you must use 'exit' or ^D.
When you terminate a sub-shell, you are returned to the process or shell that created it.
This is a BASH shell builtin, to display your local syntax from the bash prompt type: help logout
Starting from a bash shell, move between shells:
$ tcsh
% # now in the tcsh shell
% exit
$ # now back in the bash shell
$ logout
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Local man page: logout - Command line help page on your local machine.
exit - Exit session.
<ctrl><d> - End of File.
logname - Print current login name.
Equivalent Windows command:
EXIT - Close the CMD shell.