From: Luke D. <cod...@ho...> - 2002-08-30 01:11:59
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>From: Soren A <sor...@fa...> >To: min...@li... >Subject: [Mingw-msys] Re: Silly Question: How does one "Clear Screen" in >MSYS rxvt? >Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:13:02 +0000 (UTC) > >[posted and mailed] > >Ranjit Mathew <rm...@ho...> wrote in >news:ak4drt$6gr$1...@ma...: > > > Hi, > > > > The subject says it all - I've tried 'cls', 'clear', > > 'clrscr', etc. and none of them work. The only recourse > > for me has been to define an alias like this: > > > > alias cls='echo ^[[H^[[J' > > > > where ^[ represents Ctrl+V+ESC. This is the ANSI escape > > sequence to clear screen on vt100 compliant terminals. > > > > Isn't there a "built-in" command to do it? > > > > Thanks for your help, > > Ranjit. > >alias cls='CMD.exe /c CLS' > >IOW, no, there's no built-in way to really clear the entire screen >buffer AND so set the scrollbar back up to the initial position. ><CTRL-l> of course clears the visible screen display of characters and >sets the cursor back up to the top line, but doesn't clear the buffer. >So we have to fire up an instance of the Windows NT command interpreter >and ask it to execute its built-in 'cls', then exit. > > HTH, > Soren A You must be talking about using bash in a (Cygwin?) console window, because Ctrl+L doesn't work in a normal cmd.exe window, and 'cmd /c cls' doesn't work in an MSYS rxvt window, which is actually what the poster was asking (as you can see from the subject). Luke Dunstan _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx |
From: Soren A <sor...@fa...> - 2002-08-30 02:25:50
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"Luke Dunstan" <cod...@ho...> wrote in news:F31...@ho...: > > > >>From: Soren A <sor...@fa...> >>To: min...@li... >>Subject: [Mingw-msys] Re: Silly Question: How does one "Clear Screen" >>in MSYS rxvt? >>alias cls='CMD.exe /c CLS' >> > You must be talking about using bash in a (Cygwin?) console window, > because Ctrl+L doesn't work in a normal cmd.exe window, and 'cmd /c > cls' doesn't work in an MSYS rxvt window, which is actually what the > poster was asking (as you can see from the subject). > > Luke Dunstan Yep, sorry. I was talking about what works in bash (either cygwin OR msys), running in a 'not-rxvt window' [console]. The terminology here is very complicated by the fact that rxvt isn't a "shell" -- is it? -- running bash in rxvt is still running bash. Best, Soren A |
From: Earnie B. <ear...@ya...> - 2002-08-30 10:54:58
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Soren A wrote: > > Yep, sorry. I was talking about what works in bash (either cygwin OR > msys), running in a 'not-rxvt window' [console]. The terminology here > is very complicated by the fact that rxvt isn't a "shell" -- is it? -- > running bash in rxvt is still running bash. Rxvt is a terminal in the same sense that xterm is a terminal. Bash is the Bourne compliant shell. Earnie. |