X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:29:35 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Re: tcsh clear command? Message-ID: <20080213172935.GA28644@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570929AAD1 AT NIHCESMLBX5 DOT nih DOT gov> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570929AAD1@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:24:55PM -0500, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >Andrew DeFaria wrote on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 12:51 AM: >> Dave Korn wrote: >>> On 12 February 2008 22:35, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> >>>> Christopher Stack wrote: >>>>> i've noticed in the cygwin implementation of tcsh that the clear >>>>> command doesn't exist. is it in some other format or is there a >>>>> module to add this? i thought it was part of the basic tcsh. >>>> >>> >>> I always find >>> >>> alias clear cmd /c cls >>> >>> works best in a DOS console, it has the benefit of resetting the >>> scroll buffer where clear only blanks the currently-visible area. >>> >>> cheers, >>> DaveK >> And if one is not using a "DOS console" (<- who the hell would use >> that! >> Yuck)? >> -- >> Andrew DeFaria >> I just got a physical and asked the doctor, "How do I stand?" He >> said, "That's what puzzles me!" > >I do not know what the syntax is for alias in tcsh, but the following work in bash. > >alias clear='echo -ne \\e[2J' >alias clear='echo -ne "\e[2J"' Or just type CTRL-L in bash, tcsh, and zsh if you want to clear the screen. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/