From: Jeff S. Pihl (jsp@math.ksu.edu)
Date: 12/21/92
>
>The escape sequence to reset a VC is ESC-c. If you're running bash,
>
> echo -e '\33c'
>
>will fix it. I'm not sure about the syntax for other shells, but they
>all should have something similar. This is a good candidate for an
>alias if you do it alot (like I do).
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From: Kurt Hockenbury <KHOCKENBURY@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU>
>
>This is a FAQ. Under bash, try clearing the screen by typing "echo ^v<ESC>c",
>where ^v is control-v and <ESC> is your escape key. This is the vt100 clear
>terminal sequence.
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From: ed@orca.wimsey.bc.ca (Ed Rodda)
>
>echo "\133\126\033\143"
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From: jsp@math.ksu.edu (Jeff S. Pihl)
>
>Try this:
>
>Save this to a file ( /usr/local/bin/reset )
>Edit it, and replace the ^O and ^[ with embeded control characters.
>(If you're using vi, type "i ctrl-v ctrl-O <esc>" to embed a ^O into the text)
>chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/reset
>run it when you need to.
>
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#!/bin/sh
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