From: dbe AT wgn DOT net ("$Bill Luebkert")
Subject: Re: clear screen?
1 Jul 1997 10:11:17 -0700
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John Cooper wrote:
> 
> Is there a command to clear the screen when using bash?
> 
> `type clear' and `type cls' reveal nothing.

Here's three things you can try:

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 or spaces (ESC [ 2 J)

HTH,
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