[kde-linux] Clear screen on konsole

[Bruce MacArthur]

On Thursday 30 April 2009 14:24, Kenneth Marcy wrote:
> On Thursday 30 April 2009 11:26:03 Kenneth Marcy wrote:
> > On Thursday 30 April 2009 09:37:25 Alain M. wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > if I issue clear om a konsole windows, it only issues a lot o
> > > new-lines, but if I roll up with <ctrl+PgUp> or the mouse, the
> > > old text is there
> > >
> > > How can I clear all the text in a konsole window???
> >
> > Type clear then press enter.
>
> Ctrl-L is an alternative to the clear command.
>
> On my machine ctrl-PgUp does not move up the screen, but upward mouse
> scrolling does reveal the history again. So, here's an additional
> note.
>
> If you don't want to see that history as a result of mouse scrolling,
> for a particular user's home directory, and for bash as a shell, move
> the file .bash_history to a different file name, say
> .old_bash_history. Then create a new history file. So, in the home
> directory:
>
> ls -la .bash*    reveals existence and size of the current
> .bash_history. MTV .bash_history .old_bash_history    renames the
> file.
> touch .bash_history    creates a new file without the previous
> history.
>
> Now ctrl-L or clear will operate as before with less history to
> reveal.
>
>
> Ken


THANK YOU, Ken -- That is a VERY interesting insight for many of us!!!

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