With that alias, I get ... RichardQ@richardquadling ~ $ alias cs='echo -n "\ec"' RichardQ@richardquadling ~ $ cs \ec RichardQ@richardquadling ~ $ I'm using the standard bash shell. The shortcut icon is the Cygwin logo. On 24/02/06, Williams, Gerald S (Jerry) <gsw@lovespam.com> wrote: > For me, that has to read 'cmd /c cls' or it doesn't work. :-P >> This was mildly annoying me for a while as well. I finally > broke down and took a look into it. It looks like the ESC c > (reset terminal) control works under both RXVT and standard > "Command" windows. It resets the scrollbar in addition to > clearing the screen. >> So I just changed my "clear screen" alias to: >> alias cs='echo -n "\ec"' >> YMMV, of course. >> gsw >> -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> -- ----- Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=UlF1YWRsaW5n