Command to clear terminal

[Stratoukos]

Hi.

Is there a command to clear the terminal screen that works like 'cls' on Windows? I know about 'clear', but clear just moves the prompt on the top of the screen, leaving the previous output visible if I scroll up.

A friend suggested 'clear_console' (I think he's on debian) but I can't find it on OS X or MacPorts.

Thanks.

 

[maflynn]

clear screen

 

[SDub90]

Try:

history -c

 

[Hal Itosis]

View --> Clear Scrollback (or simply ⌘K).

 

[Stratoukos]

Wow. That was fast. Thanks

clear screen and history -c didn't work for me, but ⌘K did the job. Never thought to look through the menus for something like this.

 

[calderone]

Just type:

clear

 

[mac2x]

[...]

I know about 'clear', but clear just moves the prompt on the top of the screen, leaving the previous output visible if I scroll up.

[...].

 

[Hal Itosis]

Just type:

clear

Or ^L (control-L)