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From: peter@pa3ebv.nl.mugnet.org (Peter J. de Vrijer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Clearing screen codes
Message-ID: <91030112012@pa3ebv.nl.mugnet.org>
Date: 1 Mar 91 16:02:08 GMT
References: <6854@munnari.oz.au>
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In article <6854@munnari.oz.au>, bevan@ecr.mu.oz.au (Bevan Johnson ANDERSON) wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> How I tell the MINIX console to clear the screen?
> What escape sequences to I use?
Well here Minix virtual terminals are the same as vt100 (I think). So I use 
<ESC>[H<ESC>[J<ESC>[H
[H sends the cursor home
[J clears the screen from the cursor to the end

This works perfectly on my system.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
No problem.

Regards from Peter.