Re: How do I clear a terminal screen?

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Author: Siri Amrit Kaur
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: How do I clear a terminal screen?
On Tuesday 04 January 2005 08:00 am, Ken Bowley kindly wrote:
> Try Ctrl+d


That worked! I've written it down and taped it to my monitor for future
reference, lol! Thanks, Ken.

Siri Amrit

>
> 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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