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From: rcrampton AT armature DOT com (Robin Crampton)
Subject: RE: How to clear the screen with bash ?
30 Jun 1998 17:50:19 -0700 :
Message-ID: <TFSHHTGS.cygnus.gnu-win32@armature.com>
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, telle AT inserm-adr DOT univ-mrs DOT fr

In .bashrc:

 clear
 {
  echo -n -e '\033[2J'
 }

(Under DJGPP, it also needs "mode con lines=50" in .bash_login to clear   
the *whole* screen when in 50-line mode.)

I think there is also a clear.exe in the ncurses package.  

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