How do clear/wipe all previous lines on a terminal window?
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From: Backpacker on 28 Jan 2010 18:22 despen(a)verizon.net wrote: > Using rxvt, "clear" clears the screen. > "tput reset" clears the screen _and_ the scroll back buffer. Again, "tput reset" doesn't clear Konsole's scrollback buffer. I think that the only safe way with Konsole is to close the Konsole window, do Alt+F2 and enter "rm ~/.bash_history" (or better still, "shred -fuz ~/.bash_history"). -- Backpacker
From: John Hasler on 28 Jan 2010 18:55 Backpacker writes: > Again, "tput reset" doesn't clear Konsole's scrollback buffer. Works for Xterm. -- John Hasler jhasler(a)newsguy.com Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA
From: despen on 28 Jan 2010 19:33 Backpacker <Backpacker(a)rekcapkcaB.invalid.org> writes: > despen(a)verizon.net wrote: >> Using rxvt, "clear" clears the screen. >> "tput reset" clears the screen _and_ the scroll back buffer. > > Again, "tput reset" doesn't clear Konsole's scrollback buffer. I think that > the only safe way with Konsole is to close the Konsole window, do Alt+F2 and > enter "rm ~/.bash_history" (or better still, "shred -fuz ~/.bash_history"). Sounds like a bug in Konsole.
From: unruh on 28 Jan 2010 19:40 On 2010-01-29, despen(a)verizon.net <despen(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Backpacker <Backpacker(a)rekcapkcaB.invalid.org> writes: > >> despen(a)verizon.net wrote: >>> Using rxvt, "clear" clears the screen. >>> "tput reset" clears the screen _and_ the scroll back buffer. >> >> Again, "tput reset" doesn't clear Konsole's scrollback buffer. I think that >> the only safe way with Konsole is to close the Konsole window, do Alt+F2 and >> enter "rm ~/.bash_history" (or better still, "shred -fuz ~/.bash_history"). Ah yes, but I think that after each time you use the Konsole you should remove the disk, remove the cover, pack it into a kilo of thermite and ignite. You can never be too safe. Besides that will mean you spend less time on the computer and make it safer. After all you never know that there is not info hidden somwhere else on the disk. After all .history only records the primary logon, not all those subsiduary windows. > > Sounds like a bug in Konsole.
From: jellybean stonerfish on 28 Jan 2010 20:59
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:22:43 +0000, Backpacker wrote: > despen(a)verizon.net wrote: >> Using rxvt, "clear" clears the screen. "tput reset" clears the screen >> _and_ the scroll back buffer. > > Again, "tput reset" doesn't clear Konsole's scrollback buffer. Oh. reset clears my scroll back with gnome-terminal, but as I just tested on my terminal ALT-F1, executing "reset" and then hitting SHIFT-PGUP shows the previous pages. So on my regular terminals, I need to switch to another terminal and then back to clear the SHIFT-PGUP buffer. |