On Wednesday 09 June 2004 07:58, Karl L Pearson wrote: > Sorry for the off-topic query: > > Is there a means of formatting a telnet/ssh/xterm 'window' so a looping > shell script could update information without repainting the entire > screen on each pass (without @(0,15)..)? (printf, echo...) > > I have a program written in our green screen app which I envision would > would be much faster by running at the OS level using shell (ksh) > scripts. > > I have found that by sending ESC-c I can clear the screen. I've tried a > few others but haven't found anything that doesn't clear the screen but > sends the cursor 'home'.I hope someone has experience with this and can > point me in the right direction. > > Thanks,
look at the tput command. It may do what you want. -- Joe Chisolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Arizona, U.S.A. ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
