Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Andy Koppe
> Oh, "cls" is one of those "built-in" commands.  Any hints as to where > "clear" went? Cygwin Package List Search Results Found 4 matches for clear.exe. clear/clear-1.0-1 removed package; install ncurses instead ncurses/ncurses-5.5-2 Utilities for terminal handling

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Paul McFerrin
Oh, "cls" is one of those "built-in" commands. Any hints as to where "clear" went? Sorry 'bout not following the threads but after receiving over 400+ post after a hospital stay, I have no choice to delete about all of them. I'm a little s-l-o-w in returning, -Paul Christopher Faylor wrote

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 02:46:46PM -0400, Paul McFerrin wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> Thomas Wiedmann wrote: >> > cmd /c cls > doesn't work. It gives the output: > ??? > > What package contains "cls". Can't seem to find it. You're causing a discussion loop. Please read the whole th

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Paul McFerrin
What package contains "cls". Can't seem to find it. Dave Korn wrote: Thomas Wiedmann wrote: cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ In a DOS console? In the usual console of Windows XP (ok - DOS console) called with cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin bash --login -i

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Dave Korn
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: >>> cmd /c cls >>> doesn't work. It gives the output: >>> ♀ >> >> In a DOS console? > > In the usual console of Windows XP (ok - DOS console) called with > cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin > bash --login -i How thoroughly bizarre. I haven't seen that on 1.5 or 1.7 on XP

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ In a DOS console? In the usual console of Windows XP (ok - DOS console) called with cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin bash --login -i Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: h

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Spiro Trikaliotis
Hello, * On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 03:02:56PM -0400 Charles Wilson wrote: > Thomas Wiedmann wrote: > >> There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the > >> scrollback buffer. > > > > Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? > > In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Charles Wilson
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: >> There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the >> scrollback buffer. > > Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? > In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. ^^^ This is probably a really bad place to install cygwin. Spa

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Dave Korn
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: >> alias cls='cmd /c cls' > > cmd /c cls > doesn't work. It gives the output: > ♀ In a DOS console? cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. Sorry - I just saw, that the next postings had answered this question - I should have read them before. Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the scrollback buffer. Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http:/

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
alias cls='cmd /c cls' cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http:/

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Dave Korn
Lee D. Rothstein wrote: > Andy Koppe wrote: >>> on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content >>> usually >>> can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'. >>> None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the >>> message >>> bash: clear: command not found >>> is r

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
Andy Koppe wrote: on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be clea

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Thomas Wiedmann (Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:25:21 +0100) > on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content > usually can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'. None of these > commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message > bash: clear: command not found > is returned.

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Wilson
Dave Korn wrote: > In a DOS console, it doesn't clear and reset the scrollback buffer, only the > visible field. There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the scrollback buffer. -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Dave Korn
Andy Koppe wrote: >> on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually >> can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'. >> None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message >> bash: clear: command not found >> is returned. >> >> How can a console used w

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals. Great - thanks - worked. Thomas Wiedmann -- 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/

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Andy Koppe
> on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually > can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'. > None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message >  bash: clear: command not found > is returned. > > How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? C

Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Hello, on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be "flushed", on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? Tho