Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Clearing the terminal portably | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 30 Jul 2002 18:21:02 +0100 |
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On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 16:21, DervishD wrote: > Hi all :)) > > I want to clear a terminal more or less 'portably' but without > using curses (that's forced). I must work at least for the TERM > 'linux' and it would be great if it works on all linux platforms. The > portability is intended *only* within different linux archs, not > more. > > I currently write 'ESC c' to the terminal and it works (it is the > reset code for a 'linux' TERM), but I wonder if there is a better way.
Not really a kernel question. Take a look at tput terminfo ncurses and/or slang
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