Re: How do I clear a terminal screen?

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Author: Ken Bowley
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: How do I clear a terminal screen?
Try Ctrl+d

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:

> What command do I type to clear a screwed up terminal screen and return it to
> a normal prompt?
>
> I did Ctrl+Alt+F1 and was typing something, hit Enter, and lost the prompt.
> All I have is: " > " at the beginning of each line. Doesn't matter what I
> type, when I hit Enter I just go back to " > ". I read the man pages for
> term, tput, clear, and some others I forget.
>
> Thanks,
> Siri Amrit
>
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