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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:38:47 +0000
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Subject: Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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> on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually
> can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'.
> None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message
> =A0bash: clear: command not found
> is returned.
>
> How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared?

Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals.

Andy

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