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

To: Avinash Sonawane <rootkea@gmail.com>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: [Stretch]Typing ""clear" on terminal restricts the scrollback to only a screenful
From: Avinash Sonawane <rootkea@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 15:27:20 +0530
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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:

> I just want to add that every reasonable shell lets you clear the screen
> while preserving the scrollback buffer, simply press Control-L.

Thank you! I had completely forgotten the form feed!
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Avinash Sonawane (rootKea)
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