I want to clearscreen from bash in a cygwin terminal. I have tried <pre class="prettyprint"><code>cmd /c cls echo -e "^V^L" echo -e "\014" </code></pre> None of these work - they all give a "linefeed". Pressing CTRL+L does work - but I want to call it from a Bash script. Any ideas?

Or you could try ctrl-L :) That should work in most emulated terminals as well.

cygwin clearscreen from bash

I want to clearscreen from bash in a cygwin terminal. I have tried

cmd /c cls echo -e "^V^L" echo -e "\014"

None of these work - they all give a "linefeed". Pressing CTRL+L does work - but I want to call it from a Bash script.

Any ideas?

How do you clear the screen in Cygwin?

Click Ctrl-L . It should clear everything without losing the .

How do I clear the screen in bash?

When using the bash shell, you can also clear the screen by pressing Ctrl + L .

How do I clear the terminal screen?

A common way to do that is to use the `clear` command, or its keyboard shortcut CTRL+L.

Or you could try ctrl-L :)

That should work in most emulated terminals as well.