I can't clear the terminal screen in any terminal app. (reply already)

[Giggybyte]

The "clear" command does nothing. If I type the command in, nothing will happen and the terminal will just go to the next line awaiting another command.

Is "clear" the wrong command?
Could I download the correct command somewhere?

 

[Giggybyte]

unnecessary bump

 

[Giggybyte]

...

 

[Giggybyte]

derp

 

[Giggybyte]

No replies by anyone else for six and a half hours...

 

[darkestred]

Yes. Its "clear"

 

[Giggybyte]

Yes. Its "clear"

When I type in clear and hit enter, nothing happens.

 

[Giggybyte]

ugh

 

[Giggybyte]

bump

 

[pool_shark]

Do you have busybox installed?
Busybox gives you the unix commands.

 

[Giggybyte]

Do you have busybox installed?
Busybox gives you the unix commands.

Pretty sure I do.

 

[pool_shark]

It's easy enough to check. See if you have the busybox installer in your app drawer.
It could also be a matter of you using the incorrect path to your commands.

I know some of the commands behave differently depending upon what you have installed.
I use better terminal emulator pro, some of the commands there work better than the ones from busybox.
The find command for instance kept giving me errors from busybox, so I copied the one from BTEP.

 

[geoffibs]

CLS instead?

 

[pool_shark]

CLS instead?

cls doesn't work in unix unless you make it an alias to clear.