using 'printf' in a script in terminal window

[Jerry]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:59:33 +0100
Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org> replied:

> Maybe because it doesn't make sense to clear the screen when running
> not interactively. I'd add there's no such things as screen, in that
> case.

True enough. However, there is no way to be sure if an end user will
use a script that I develop via CRON, in a Terminal like xterm, etc.,
or at a regular console sans "X". Adding extra code or creating multiple
versions of a script to circumvent this annoyance is an annoyance.

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Jerry
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