One of the things I learned very recently for an old Unix hand. You can type ^L instead of typing "clear" <enter> in most any xterm.
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Ludwig Isaac Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:19:42 +0800 >> From: "Sherwin Daganato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [plug] Perl Question on backticks and system() on Unix [A >> bit OT] > >> >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Ludwig Isaac Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > The following code below doesn't work: >> > `/usr/bin/clear`; >> > >> >> Orly is right. The output of clear(1), which is just escape sequence/s, >> will not reach the terminal because Perl will capture it. Stick with >> system() or just use print(). >> >> On my Mac and Linux, clear(1) is just the equivalent of >> perl -e 'print "\33[H\33[2J"' >> >> Remove "\33[H" if you don't want the cursor move to line 1 (*home*). >> > > Orly, Sherwin : Thanks a lot! > > Sherwin, as a test (checking if control characters are the same thoughout > the Unix family), I > tried running the following below on HP-UX and it worked: > perl -e 'print "\33[H\33[2J" > > Once again, thank you very much. > > Regards, > Ludwig > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Orlando Andico +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
