From: Ross Bamford <rosco@...>
Date: 2006-01-04T19:12:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a way to clear the contents of a terminal?

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:49:14 -0000, John Maclean <info@jayeola.org> wrote:

> Hi Chaps,
>
> MATLAB uses cls, in a bash shell I'd use clear. Is there a way to clear  
> the contents of a terminal -safely-?
>

Safe, sure, reliable, probably not. But on most 'modern' systems I guess  
this should work:

	puts "\e[2J"

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Ross Bamford - rosco@roscopeco.remove.co.uk