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From: brad@microm.UUCP (Bradley W. Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Xenix clear screen function..
Summary: clear screen
Message-ID: <251@microm.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 90 18:19:46 GMT
References: <153@mnopltd.UUCP> <4185@helios.TAMU.EDU> <25CFA32B.1493@marob.masa.com>
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In article <25CFA32B.1493@marob.masa.com>, daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) writes:
> 
> On the console screen only, you can echo a Control-L to clear the screen
> and move the cursor home.
> 
> Alternatively, on the console and other ANSI terminals (vt100, vt220, ...)
> you can echo the 6 char sequence ESC [ H ESC [ J to clear the screen
> and move the cursor home.

echo "\f"  works too if your TERM variable is set right.
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