Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ In a DOS console? In the usual console of Windows XP (ok - DOS console) called with cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin bash --login -i Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ In a DOS console? In the usual console of Windows XP (ok - DOS console) called with cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin bash --login -i How thoroughly bizarre. I haven't seen that on 1.5 or 1.7 on XP or W2k or 1.7 on win7beta. Do you have any kind of extenders or plugins installed? cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
What package contains cls. Can't seem to find it. Dave Korn wrote: Thomas Wiedmann wrote: cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ In a DOS console? In the usual console of Windows XP (ok - DOS console) called with cd /d %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin bash --login -i How thoroughly bizarre. I haven't seen that on 1.5 or 1.7 on XP or W2k or 1.7 on win7beta. Do you have any kind of extenders or plugins installed? cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 02:46:46PM -0400, Paul McFerrin wrote: Dave Korn wrote: Thomas Wiedmann wrote: cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ??? What package contains cls. Can't seem to find it. You're causing a discussion loop. Please read the whole thread. cls is obviously a Windows CMD command. That's why you need to use cmd to invoke it. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Oh, cls is one of those built-in commands. Any hints as to where clear went? Sorry 'bout not following the threads but after receiving over 400+ post after a hospital stay, I have no choice to delete about all of them. I'm a little s-l-o-w in returning, -Paul Christopher Faylor wrote: You're causing a discussion loop. Please read the whole thread. cls is obviously a Windows CMD command. That's why you need to use cmd to invoke it. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Oh, cls is one of those built-in commands. Any hints as to where clear went? Cygwin Package List Search Results Found 4 matches for clear.exe. clear/clear-1.0-1 removed package; install ncurses instead ncurses/ncurses-5.5-2 Utilities for terminal handling ncurses/ncurses-5.5-3 Utilities for terminal handling ncurses/ncurses-5.7-4 Utilities for terminal handling -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Hello, * On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 03:02:56PM -0400 Charles Wilson wrote: Thomas Wiedmann wrote: There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the scrollback buffer. Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. ^^^ This is probably a really bad place to install cygwin. Spaces are bad bad bad. Not every XP has %PROGRAMFILES% with a space in the directory name: C:\echo %PROGRAMFILES% C:\Programme (this is a German XP) But, in general, you are right. As the user cannot be sure to what a specific environment variable will expand on each other's machines, one should be very careful with such advices in the public. Best regards, Spiro. -- Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://opencbm.sf.net/ http://www.trikaliotis.net/ http://www.viceteam.org/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
alias cls='cmd /c cls' cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the scrollback buffer. Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. Sorry - I just saw, that the next postings had answered this question - I should have read them before. Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: alias cls='cmd /c cls' cmd /c cls doesn't work. It gives the output: ♀ In a DOS console? cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the scrollback buffer. Where, i. e. in which Cygwin package? In my %ProgramFiles%\Cygwin\bin there is no clear.exe. ^^^ This is probably a really bad place to install cygwin. Spaces are bad bad bad. -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be flushed, on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals. Andy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals. Great - thanks - worked. Thomas Wiedmann -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Andy Koppe wrote: on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be flushed, on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals. In a DOS console, it doesn't clear and reset the scrollback buffer, only the visible field. I use alias cls='cmd /c cls' in those circumstances. cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Dave Korn wrote: In a DOS console, it doesn't clear and reset the scrollback buffer, only the visible field. There's also 'clear.exe', although it also does not clear/reset the scrollback buffer. -- Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
* Thomas Wiedmann (Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:25:21 +0100) on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be flushed, on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? With the clear command. clear is part of ncurses and you have to install it if it is not yet installed. Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Andy Koppe wrote: on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be flushed, on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals. clear.exe is available in the ncurses package. As Andy said ^-l works. However, with both clear and ^-l, the scroll buffer is not cleared which makes it use with text-based debugging rather limited. That's one reason the alternate screen option on 'rxvt', and 'xterm' is useful. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Clearing the Cygwin console
Lee D. Rothstein wrote: Andy Koppe wrote: on Linux/UNIX systems with the command 'clear' the console content usually can be flushed, on Windows with 'cls'. None of these commands worked with Cygwin. If I enter 'clear', the message bash: clear: command not found is returned. How can a console used with Cygwin be cleared? Ctrl+L. Works in all terminals. clear.exe is available in the ncurses package. As Andy said ^-l works. However, with both clear and ^-l, the scroll buffer is not cleared which makes it use with text-based debugging rather limited. That's one reason the alternate screen option on 'rxvt', and 'xterm' is useful. For gui consoles, use alias cls='echo -e \033c' which does clear the scrollback buffer. cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
