Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 12:22:05 +0400 (MSD) From: Alex Kapranoff <root@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie tip Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905151212580.1271-100000@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> In-Reply-To: <19990514184651.A16216@whizkidtech.net>
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On Fri, 14 May 1999, G. Adam Stanislav wrote:
> It works by running a program called `blanks' which writes 100 blank lines,
> thus overwriting the scrollback buffer. After calling blanks, cls just clears
> the screen the same way clear does.
I've just come up to one more solution ;)
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kbdcontrol -h 1; kbdcontrol -h <NNN>; clear; exit
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This one first sets scrollback buffer size to 1 line, then returns it into
previous state (note, NNN must be your preferred scrollback buffer size.
It cannot exceed SC_HISTORY_SIZE option in your kernel config. In fact NNN
should be equal to it) thus totally wiping everything away. Then the usual
way.
>
> If anyone has increased the size of their scrollback buffer, they can edit
> the `cls' script and add the number of blank lines they want written.
>
Your cls script is much more portable, however ;)
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