Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rc6.urc.tue.nl!rw9.urc.tue.nl!tgcpwd From: tgcpwd@rw9.urc.tue.nl (Wim van Dorst) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Clearing screen codes Message-ID: <454@rc6.urc.tue.nl> Date: 25 Feb 91 12:52:46 GMT References: <6854@munnari.oz.au> Sender: USENET News System Reply-To: tgcpwd@urc.tue.nl Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 19 In article <6854@munnari.oz.au> bevan@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bevan Johnson ANDERSON) writes: >How I tell the MINIX console to clear the screen? >What escape sequences to I use? [ H [ J [H to move the cursor to left upper corner [J to clear the screen from the cursor to the right lower corner nb. Some version also accept " [ 2 J" to clear the entire screen, e.g the virtual console driver does. Met vriendelijke groeten, Wim 'BLue Baron' van Dorst -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Baron = Wim van Dorst, Voice (+31) 074-443937, (+31) 02152-42319 (-: baron@wiesje.hobby.nl tgcpwd@urc.tue.nl :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com