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From: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix clear screen function..
Message-ID: <601@bbxsda.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 90 16:33:45 GMT
References: <153@mnopltd.UUCP> <4185@helios.TAMU.EDU> <25CFA32B.1493@marob.masa.com>
Reply-To: scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker)
Organization: Basis International,  Albuquerque, NM
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In article <25CFA32B.1493@marob.masa.com> daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) writes:
>In article <4185@helios.TAMU.EDU> jfrench@photon.UUCP (Jeff French) writes:
>>In article <153@mnopltd.UUCP> gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal writes:
>>>->Does my Xenix '286 ver. 2.1.1 have a "clear screen" funtion that I am
>>>->overlooking? Under MS/DOS the command is "cls", and on SunOS it's "clear".
>>>try 'tput clear'... wasn't that obvious?...
>>The problem is that ver 2.1.1 doesn't support "tput". It is not an option
>>from the command line of any shell I've tried. 
>
>On the console screen only, you can echo a Control-L to clear the screen
>and move the cursor home.

Well, I'm sitting here with a Xenix 386 ver 2.3.1 and it has a 'clear'
command that works just fine.

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Scott Amspoker
Basis International, Albuquerque, NM
(505) 345-5232
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