On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:24:55PM -0500, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: >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"'
Or just type CTRL-L in bash, tcsh, and zsh if you want to clear the screen. cgf -- 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/
