On 13 February 2008 17:30, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> alias clear='echo -ne \\e[2J' >> alias clear='echo -ne "\e[2J"' > > Or just type CTRL-L in bash, tcsh, and zsh if you want to clear the screen.
That also doesn't reset the buffer. OTOH, the standard ANSI sequence "^]c" does do that: alias clear='echo -ne \\033c' cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/