Comments on: Clear the command shell window in Ubuntu http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clear-the-command-shell-window-in-ubuntu/ Computer Help from your Friendly How-To Geek Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:34:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Newkirk http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clear-the-command-shell-window-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-66460 David Newkirk Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:06:43 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clear-the-command-shell-window-in-ubuntu/#comment-66460 These commands do *not* clear your command history; at best, they clear the terminal and move the prompt to the top of the window (if you're in a graphical desktop). Press UP ARROW and you'll still see your command history. To clear the command history of a terminal session, do history -c These commands do *not* clear your command history; at best, they clear the terminal and move the prompt to the top of the window (if you’re in a graphical desktop). Press UP ARROW and you’ll still see your command history.

To clear the command history of a terminal session, do

history -c

]]> By: Alp http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clear-the-command-shell-window-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-25576 Alp Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:44:25 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/clear-the-command-shell-window-in-ubuntu/#comment-25576 CTRL+L is quite useful because of the large space between your last output and your current cursor position. CTRL+L is quite useful because of the large space between your last output and your current cursor position.

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