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Re: How to clear the screen with bash ?
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: How to clear the screen with bash ?
- From: Darren Evans <darren at onlinemagic dot com>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 09:18:26 +0100
- References: <2.2f.16.19980629113504.186f0ae8@inserm-nacre.univ-mrs.fr>
>> How to clear the screen with bash ?
>
>Ret one of these:
>
>1) alias cls='echo -n ^[[2J' # the ^[ is an esc (in vi I use ^V
followed by
> # ^[ where ^ is holding down the
cntrl key)
>
>2) compile this into clear.exe or cls.exe:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> int
> main () {
> printf ("\033[2J");
> }
>
>3) alias cls='cat ~/.cls'
> where .cls contains just these 4 chars with no \n (ESC [ 2 J)
I compiled clear.exe form utils-linux which works with a terminfo file.
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