How to clear the screen with bash ?

[Michael R Cook]

"$Bill Luebkert" <dbe@wgn.net> writes:

> > How to clear the screen with bash ?
> 
> Ret one of these:
> 
> 1) alias cls='echo -n ^[[2J'            # the ^[ is an esc (in vi I use ^V followed by
>                                         # ^[ where ^ is holding down the cntrl key)
> 
> 2) compile this into clear.exe or cls.exe:
> 
>         #include <stdio.h>
>         int
>         main () {
>         printf ("\033[2J");
>         }
> 
> 3) alias cls='cat ~/.cls'
>         where .cls contains just these 4 chars with no \n (ESC [ 2 J)

How about:

$ alias cls='cmd /c cls'

M.
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