[Python] Can the Python interpreter welcome message be suppressed?

Instead of:


$ python
Python 2.7.2 (default, Oct 11 2012, 20:14:37)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.0 (tags/Apple/clang-418.0.60)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>


I'd like, for example:

$ python --quiet
>>>

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