On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:08:07PM -0500, Andy Bastien wrote: > Of all the days, it was on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 01:53:31AM +0100 that Tim van > Erven quoth: > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 05:03:49PM -0600, wes schreiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Tom Breza wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I just use fetch and I been editing filie fetchmail, after I finish > > > > editing file I log off from by presing CTRL-D but above log prompt I can > > > > read what was been done before, is any chance to clear screan complitly > > > > when I log off? That when I press SHIFT-PgUp nobody can see anything? > > > > > > > > > Most shells have a file they will run at logout. For bash this is > > > ~/.bash_logout. In my ~/.bash_logout I have: > > > > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > echo ^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L^L > > > clear > > > > > > > > > The idea is to have enough Control-L's to clear out the scroll-back > > > buffer and the clear is there so that the next login happens at the top > > > of the screen. Works like a charm. > > > > Doesn't seem to work for me. It just prints out the '^L's. I replaced > > it with: > > > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" > > clear > > > > which works just fine. Notice that this is also one echo shorter which > > is sufficient on my potato install and saves a little time. > > > > It's still got a hackish feel about it however. Anyone know if there's > > a cleaner way to do this? > > > > If you have an ANSI terminal, you can put an ESC[2J ESC[0;0H in > /etc/issue. The color codes also work, BTW. > > VTxxx terminals probably have a similar screen-clearing code, but I > don't know what it is. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Jumping into this thread a bit late, but what about tput clear tput reset Should be terminal-generic -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.
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