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. >>> <http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi?grep=clear%5C.exe> >> >> 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 <http://defaria.com> > 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"'
