X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=WePzz6TInNlsyc84I9lel9EmS16nJfSpWGJk0ZfoCUy VT+rT2SUBuuHUWrT8VXFkI6vKn/tRNvuF4KRUWS5h1Zll/kryAa9zkv1ZWBHVnQh ZjojR6ho1/+CtVNhwzYlc+XmhCEeEqQtFuU2fSpcZpOndDJDNSyNB3QmegrpJ8pw = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=VAxX44szMfWzAKJTcatnD6mycfQ=; b=CTZxm5l2WDQjz4twM rKrrzJoVvXo+qYVmvVit3spVB4EgoremV+iPjPu/3vvmPhVZoVsBGgorVxu/ULMo QsOx6u/XUuUpbD/jTUAnKJ2aUUOfFfzZORdm1jqnbX6jQRnbionnnDWoZXmTDmK5 hL9hvsaSzHVxE/l9QkIseVOcU8= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: vms173009pub.verizon.net Message-id: <534B7077.3030503@jackson.io> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 01:21:59 -0400 From: Ken Jackson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Newbie Alias and Profile questions References: <52F979B0 DOT 2080604 AT ptd DOT net> In-reply-to: <52F979B0.2080604@ptd.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 02/10/2014 08:15 PM, Mike Rushton wrote: > I am trying to put an alias in a .bashrc > > alias clear='printf "\033c"' Sometimes 'clear' is installed and sometimes it's not, so I put this line in my ~/.bashrc file on all Linux, BSD and Cygwin systems: test -z "$(type -t clear)" && alias clear='echo -n -e "\e[2J\e[H"' -Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple