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From: daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: "\f" and Control-L (was: Re: Xenix clear screen function..)
Message-ID: <25D6146A.EA5@marob.masa.com>
Date: 12 Feb 90 01:42:00 GMT
References: <25CFA32B.1493@marob.masa.com> <251@microm.UUCP> <5677@holston.UUCP>
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In article <25CFA32B.1493@marob.masa.com>, I wrote:
>On the console screen only, you can echo a Control-L to clear the screen
>and move the cursor home.

In article <251@microm.UUCP> Bradley W. Fisher writes:
>echo "\f"  works too if your TERM variable is set right.

In <5677@holston.UUCP> Barton A. Fisk writes:
>On the ansi console it's easier to just enter echo "\f\c".

Sorry if I confused anyone by writing `Control-L', but it represents
the very same character that "\f" represents -- the ASCII formfeed.

Also, I probably should not have limited my remarks to the console
screen `only'.  A quick `grep "cl=^L" /etc/termcap' turned up at least
20 matches, indicating that the formfeed is a fairly popular choice for
a screen clear command.

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Dave Hammond
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