MLUG: Re: [MLUG] clearing the screen without losing data
Re: [MLUG] clearing the screen without losing data
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I think that most distributions have a default $TERM set to xterm, so
"clear" will leave the history if you scroll up. Debian (at least
etch/lenny) is set up this way by default, so is Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora,
and openSUSE, to the best of my recollection.

--Jack

On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 11:08 -0500, Robert Citek wrote:
> On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >  What terminal were you using?  xterm?
> 
> I am using gnome-terminal and TERM=xterm on Ubuntu 7.10.  I use it
> locally and when I connect via ssh to remote machines.  I suspect that
> when you use PuTTy to connect to a remote machine, you would have to
> set PuTTy to some setting (e.g. vt100, xterm, etc.)
> 
> Regards,
> - Robert
> 
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