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Speed up launch of Terminal or iTerm 2
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speed_up_terminal_launch.sh
# Apparently Apple keeps system logs in this folder as .asl files. They're
# loaded into terminal sessions and can slow things down when there's a lot of
# them.
#
# Taken from:
# https://ariejan.net/2011/11/08/fixing-a-slow-starting-terminal-or-iterm2-on-mac-os-x/
sudo rm /private/var/log/asl/*.asl
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