Re: [Stretch]Typing ""clear" on terminal restricts the scrollback to only a screenful

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2017-06-20 17:20 +0530, Avinash Sonawane wrote:

> I just upgraded to Stretch from Jessie and I'm experiencing this weird
> issue with xfce4-terminal. Whenever I type "clear" on terminal it
> clears the terminal (that's expected!) *but* now I can scrollback only
> a screenful. Earlier text n terminal is just can't be scrollbacked to.
> Here are the screenshots https://imgur.com/a/aPD4F Please observe the
> scrollbar.
>
> xfce4 -terminal version 0.8.3
>
>
> Any pointers?

Others have already answered your question about the "clear" command, I
just want to add that every reasonable shell lets you clear the screen
while preserving the scrollback buffer, simply press Control-L.

Cheers,
       Sven