using 'printf' in a script in terminal window

[Jerry]

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:30:36 -0600
Mike McNally <emmecinque at gmail.com> replied:

> Out of idle curiosity, how did you develop this theory that the
> form-feed ASCII control
> character is supposed to clear the window of any and all terminal
> emulators, especially
> in light of the fact that it doesn't?

Are you are referring to: printf "\f" clearing the screen? On my PC with
FreeBSD-7.2 installed, that is exactly what it does when issued at a
console. I use it extensively in Bash scripts that I create.

-- 
Jerry
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