Can't clear the display

Can't clear the display

[Tron Thomas]

I just download bash 2.02, and have been trying it out.  I like what
I've seen so far expect for one important thing.  I can't seem to clear
the screen.  I'm using to using "clear" command when I using bash on
Linux, and "CLS" when I'm at a DOS prompt, but neither one of these
commands works.  Is this not supportted?  It seems like it would be a
simple enough thing to implement.

Please respond directly to me, if possible, as I am not on the mailing
list.

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Re: Can't clear the display

[Michael Hirmke]

Hi Tron,

>I just download bash 2.02, and have been trying it out.  I like what
>I've seen so far expect for one important thing.  I can't seem to clear
>the screen.  I'm using to using "clear" command when I using bash on
>Linux, and "CLS" when I'm at a DOS prompt, but neither one of these
>commands works.  Is this not supportted?  It seems like it would be a
>simple enough thing to implement.
>
>Please respond directly to me, if possible, as I am not on the mailing
>list.

The clear command is part of the ncurses package.
There is another possibility, though: You can echo the appropriate
escape sequence to the screen and it will get cleared, too.

Write a small programm yourself:

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
  printf("\033[2J");
}


Bye.
Michael.
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Re: Can't clear the display

[kulack]

I was never able to use readline to get \C-l working to clear the screen.
    alias       cls='echo -ne "\E[2J"'
This works fine for me on NT 4.0. Only quirk is that the bash window must
be expanded horizontally as far as it can go.



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