On 2012-06-13, Xose Vazquez Perez xose.vazquez@gmail.com wrote:
== https://bugzilla.redhat.com/815790 == clear_console: New helper program to clear the *console*, including the _scrollback buffer_.
DESCRIPTION
clear_console clears your console if this is possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo database to figure out how to clear the screen. To clear the buffer, it then changes the foreground virtual terminal to another terminal and then back to the original terminal.
I added new escape sequence into Linux to clear the scroll-back buffer directly. I think enhancing `clear' utility is the right option.
-- Petr