clear_console(1)
๐ clear_console โจ
Okay so clear_console is the manual page for the command that clears the console, bestie ๐ง it's literally giving "fresh start" energy ๐ซถ
โจ NAME โจ
clear_console โ clear the console ๐ธ
โจ SYNOPSIS โจ
clear_console
Literally just type the one word and go ๐
โจ DESCRIPTION โจ
okay so clear_console wipes your console clean ๐งนโจ if your setup actually lets it, which is the vibe check part ๐
here's how it works, no cap ๐ it peeks at the environment to find your terminal type, then checks the terminfo database to figure out how to clear the screen. to wipe the buffer too, it switches the foreground virtual terminal over to another one and then switches right back to where you started ๐ฆ the way that's so iconic ๐ญ
โจ SEE ALSO โจ
Bestie, that's the whole tea ๐ Source/version details were left off the page, so you can check your own system's man pages for those ๐ Stay iconic, periodt ๐๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: bash 5.2.15-2+b13 ยท GPL-3.0-or-later
- debian trixie: bash 5.2.37-2+b10 ยท GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: bash 5.1-6ubuntu1
- ubuntu jammy: bash 5.1-6ubuntu1.1
- ubuntu noble: bash 5.2.21-2ubuntu4 ยท GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: bash 5.2.37-2ubuntu5 ยท GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu resolute: bash 5.3-2ubuntu1 ยท GPL-3.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: bash 5.3-3ubuntu1 ยท GPL-3.0-or-later
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