On 9/6/14, 8:24 PM, ch...@cfajohnson.com wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 24
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> ^L doesn't clear the screen
>lithist is on, but prints literal ^J instead of NL
>This is terminal-independent (mate-terminal, xterm, rxvt)
>
> Repeat-
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share
PuTTY and gnome-terminal seem to preserve the previous output in the
scrollback buffer (effectively doing a "newline" clear).
PuTTY has a setting for this: "Window/Push erased text into scrollback"
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 02:04:51PM -0700, B
haracters to the terminal instead of clearing it. That should
> push the information that's currently visible "up" into the scrollback
> buffer, where he wants it to be.
That seems possible. Create a routine that does exactly that and then
bind it to the clear-screen funct
On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 02:04:51PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> If that doesn't do what you want then I don't think the functionality
> you request exists.
That's probably technically true. But on the other hand, I can see
where his question is coming from. If you're on an rxvt or something,
with
Ajay Jain wrote:
> I use bash on Xterm.
> While working you press Ctrl-L, so that the screen gets cleared and
> you see the currently line only.
That is what clearing the does. It operates the same as the 'clear'
command line program in clearing the screen.
> But you may want to see the last out
On Tue, 30 Nov 2010, Ajay Jain wrote:
Hi,
I use bash on Xterm.
While working you press Ctrl-L, so that the screen gets cleared and
you see the currently line only. But you may want to see the last
outputs/prints. However, if you do a Ctrl-L/clear command, these
prints go away. In that case, wha
Hi,
I use bash on Xterm.
While working you press Ctrl-L, so that the screen gets cleared and
you see the currently line only. But you may want to see the last
outputs/prints. However, if you do a Ctrl-L/clear command, these
prints go away. In that case, what can you use so that you clear the
scree
