Re: ctrl-l in bash

From: Dances With Crows (danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows_at_usa.net)
Date: 10/05/03 

Date: 5 Oct 2003 20:19:42 GMT

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 16:03:42 -0400, Silviu Minut staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> How do I echo ctrl-l in bash?

echo "^V^L"

(Remember, ^V means "Ctrl-V". ^V followed by any character will insert
that character literally, if you haven't changed your default settings
using stty.)

> Or in a C program, for that matter.

putchar('\f');

> looked at the "Advance Bash-scripting Guide" and the examples there
> don't work.

What are you attempting to achieve by echoing ^L to the screen? It
doesn't do much useful that I can see here (konsole 1.2.3, terminal type
"xterm") but maybe there's something I'm missing. If you're trying to
clear the screen, system("clear"); or the appropriate ncurses function
would be a better way of doing that. 

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