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From:	"Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
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Subject:	RE: stupid noobquestion(clear)
Date:	Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:22:28 -0500
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At Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:34 AM, Alexander Thurban wrote:
> Is there a command for clearing the console?
> Can't get cls,clr,clear to work :(

There is a package named "clear" that you can download and install using
setup.  One can find it under "Utils".

I've also got the following in my .bashrc:

alias cls='echo -n ^[[2J'

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