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Hi Jeff,

Found this in another news group - might be of use:

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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)
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Some discussion followed which may also be of interest to you; here's the
link:
http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32/1997-Jul/0013.html

Col

Jeff Williams wrote:

> OK, it's always the simple stuff that confuses me...
>
> Is there a GNU version of the Unix `clear' for clearing the screen a la
> DOS `cls'.  This would be useful inside bash.  At present I have
> aliased `clear' to `/dos/command.com /c cls', but I'd rather not use
> command.com for anything.
>
> Relatedly, the man page for bash 2.02.0(1) says:
>
>      clear-screen (C-l)
>           Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of
>           the screen.  With an argument, refresh the current line
>           without clearing the screen.
>
> This means Control-l, yes?  If so, it doesn't work for me.
>
> TIA---jtw