In console mode, curses probably won't work, in X it should work just fine.
It sounds like you are in console mode so try this and see if it works:
These are ANSI tty control codes, so-called "ANSI escape sequences" which you can google for.
I searched the post and someone said to clear the screen in C, use
printf("\033[2J"); ??
However, this doesn't work...typo or no.
What is an equivalent command to 'CLS' in DOS/'clear' in UNIX to clear the screen and go to top of screen??
Thank you. (2 Replies)
what is the syntax for clearing the screen in c ?
when i tried "Clrscr()" the CC complier does not reconise it.
please do tell me more about this.
thanking you
imma (6 Replies)
Hello guys,
I wonder if it is possible to clear out the screen in AWK.
I'm printing out mail messages and I would like every message starting on the beginning of the screen. When I use FOR loop and printf("\n") it clears out the screen but my text is somewhere in the middle of the screen.
... (2 Replies)
Hi...
i have one doubt pls...
1)can we clear the command line history in UNIX for a paricular login(scadm/root)if so how?.
2) can we see the time at which command executed.
history is showing like :
100 display
101 lock
102 exit (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm trying to create a virtual screen, (maybe xvfb? or any other virtual screen buffer) and be able to use Screen Sharing to connect to it.
The setup is that I have a Mac Mini connected to the TV. But when my girlfriend is using Front Row, I can't use Screen Sharing at the same time from... (0 Replies)
I am unable to use clear or cls command on bash shell. I have recently installed Cygwin and am using that for practicing unix commands.
I see that I can use Ctrl + L to clear the screen. I created an alias in my .bashrc to do the same as
alias cls='^L'
This is how i defined other aliases ... (4 Replies)
I made a screen within a screen.
Is there a way to move the inner screen up one level so that it is at the same level as the first screen running from the shell? (2 Replies)
I want to clear specific part of the screen. Say for example , i am running a bash script
for i in {1..100}
do
echo "Current Record = $i"
done
if i use a clear command over there , it will clear my screen however when i scroll up i would have the old records , is there anyway in unix to... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: chidori
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CURSES_CLEAR(3) BSD Library Functions Manual CURSES_CLEAR(3)NAME
curses_clear, clear, wclear, clearok, clrtobot, clrtoeol, erase, werase, wclrtobot, wclrtoeol -- curses clear window routines
LIBRARY
Curses Library (libcurses, -lcurses)
SYNOPSIS
#include <curses.h>
int
clear(void);
int
clearok(WINDOW *win, bool flag);
int
clrtobot(void);
int
clrtoeol(void);
int
erase(void);
int
wclear(WINDOW *win);
int
werase(WINDOW *win);
int
wclrtobot(WINDOW *win);
int
wclrtoeol(WINDOW *win);
DESCRIPTION
These functions clear all or part of stdscr or of the specified window.
The clear() and erase() functions erase all characters on stdscr. wclear() and werase() perform the same function as clear() and erase(),
respectively, excepting that the specified window is cleared.
By setting flag to TRUE, the clearok() function is used to force the next call to wrefresh() to clear and completely redraw the window given
in win.
The function clrtobot() will clear stdscr from the current row to the bottom of the screen. clrtoeol() will clear stdscr from the current
column position to the end of the line. wclrtobot() and wclrtoeol() are the same as clrtobot() and clrtoeol(), respectively, excepting the
window specified is operated on instead of stdscr.
RETURN VALUES
Functions returning pointers will return NULL if an error is detected. The functions that return an int will return one of the following
values:
OK The function completed successfully.
ERR An error occurred in the function.
SEE ALSO curses_refresh(3)STANDARDS
The NetBSD Curses library complies with the X/Open Curses specification, part of the Single Unix Specification.
HISTORY
The Curses package appeared in 4.0BSD.
BSD August 12, 2002 BSD