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From: loki AT herne DOT dragoncat DOT net (Jeremy Blackman)
Subject: Re: Missing UNIX command - clear
16 Dec 1996 12:37:41 -0800 :
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On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Ilya Gaysinskiy wrote:

> It would be nice to have the standard clear command.

Under Win95/WinNT, it's 'cls', if all you need is a way to clear the 
screen.  If you're looking for a way to have 'clear' in script files 
still clear the screen, you could simply make a script 'clear' which runs 
cls...not a pretty soltuion, granted, but one which works. :)

--Jeremy
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