From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: RE: How to clear the screen with bash ? 3 Jul 1998 14:01:23 -0700 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980702222536.00b125e0.cygnus.gnu-win32@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <199807020846 DOT JAA16145 AT peanut DOT sgb DOT co DOT uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Howarth, Richard" , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com At 08:43 AM 7/2/98 +0100, Howarth, Richard wrote: >> Michael Hirmke wrote: >> > >> How to clear the screen with bash ? >> > >> >> > > >> > >CTRL-L. >> > >> > MIKE-[/home/mh]_$^L >> > bash.exe: Got 12 >> > : command not found >> > >> > > >> >> 1. You TERM variable is not set to "linux". >> 2. Missing /etc/termcap with linux terminal description. > >He's acutally typing the ^L at the command prompt which bash is trying >to interperet as a command, which if it isn't aliased in some way won't >work (unless this is a feature of bash - I'm more familiar with ksh). >Another way of clearing the screen if you are using termcap/terminfo is >to use the "tput" command, "tput clear" to clear the screen. >This has the added bonus of allowing you to use all the defined terminal >capabilities such as colour, video effects and cursor positioning (if >your version of tput allows parameters) from the shell and scripts. > Geez! I think I just figured out what everyone is doing! Correct me if I'm wrong but are people who are getting the error above typing CTRL-V then CTRL-L? I did that and got exactly what's shown above. See: HOME_lhall->^L bash.exe: Got 12 : command not found I had to press enter to get this after the ^ and the L were displayed. OK, if this is what people are doing, I see the same thing but that's not what was meant. Just type CTRL-L. Its a single keystroke. If doing this produces the results I got above and the results reported then there is definitely some difference. Perhaps it has to do with DLL versions? Is the issue a miscommunication or something more? Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 http://www.rfk.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".