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Old 05-06-2011
Is it possible to partially clear the terminal?
The clear command specifically says it can only clear the entire terminal display. There are no arguments. So I'm wondering if there are any work arounds.

Carriage return does not work for this as it only moves the cursor to the beginning of the line we're on. And obviously NL only goes down. If there was an escape character that could progress the cursor UP one line, like a reverse new line I feel like this could be possible more or less.

Anyone have any ideas?
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Old 05-06-2011
Good background reading is the unix manual pages for "tput" then "terminfo".
If you want to do clever things with the screen it is important to know exactly what terminal you have (or emulate) and to ensure that the value of $TERM is correct.
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