Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Dave Korn
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Paul McFerrin
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Christopher Faylor
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Paul McFerrin
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:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-21 Thread Andy Koppe
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-16 Thread Spiro Trikaliotis
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.

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Dave Korn
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:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-15 Thread Charles Wilson
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

Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Hello, 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?

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Andy Koppe
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.

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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

2009-03-14 Thread Dave Korn
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Wilson
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:

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* 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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Lee D. Rothstein
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

Re: Clearing the Cygwin console

2009-03-14 Thread Dave Korn
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