Getting rid of splash screen during boot/shutdown

[mezzmer]

There is an easier solution that can be easily modified. Use these commands.

sudo thunar

type in password:

Go to the /etc/default folder and right click and open up the grub text file. Find the line [size=1.35em]"GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"[/size]

Make it look like this:
"#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Close out the grub text file and folder and you should still have the terminal opened up.
Run:
sudo update-grub

Reboot and it should be like you like it. To put the splash back in just reverse what you did with editing the line in the grub file.

Thanks supergamer-That's exactly what I wanted/needed - I've duplicated your corrected response here to make it easier for others to find and confirm that I've tried it and it works.  Thanks to TheDead/Jerry for helping to get the typos out.