On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 02:50:40PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: [...] > > To e honest, I find the whole idea of invoking an external program to > clear the screen insane.
Not necesarilly wanting to quarrel about this, but: 1. What would you say to someone who wants to run an old sh script which employs exactly this method? 2. What am I supposed to use instead when I want to clear the screen from the inside of newly written sh script, while (hopefully) staying compatible with other systems (some of them old and non-upgradeable)? The cost of running external program that only knows one thing and knows it well is minimal, even more so on modern platforms. Additional benefit is having to change only this one program if such a need arises in a future. Just my cent or two. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] **
