From: weiqigao@a.crl.com (Weiqi Gao) Subject: Re: No 'clear' in cygwin 21 Jan 1999 10:38:36 -0800 Message-ID: <36A72229.87BCCAAC.cygnus.gnu-win32@a.crl.com> References: <002701be44d0$167475d0$101783d0@mike.qsicorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Michael K. Elwood" , gnu-win32@cygnus.com "Michael K. Elwood" wrote: > > Minor gripe of the day: > > Cygwin doesn't include a binary for the 'clear' command. :-( > > Come to think of it, does anybody know what GNU package would contain this > handy little util? The GNU readline library has a function called rl-clear_screen() that would clear the screen. GNU bash is usually built with the readline library. The default key binding for this function is C-l (^L, control+L). -- Weiqi Gao weiqigao@a.crl.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".