How to clear the screen with bash ?

[Darren Evans]

>> How to clear the screen with bash ?
>
>Ret one of these:
>
>1) alias cls='echo -n ^[[2J'            # the ^[ is an esc (in vi I use ^V
followed by
>                                        # ^[ where ^ is holding down the
cntrl key)
>
>2) compile this into clear.exe or cls.exe:
>
>        #include <stdio.h>
>        int
>        main () {
>        printf ("\033[2J");
>        }
>
>3) alias cls='cat ~/.cls'
>        where .cls contains just these 4 chars with no \n (ESC [ 2 J)

I compiled clear.exe form utils-linux which works with a terminfo file.

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