{"id":197,"date":"2009-05-26T07:12:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T07:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/index.php\/?p=197"},"modified":"2009-05-26T07:12:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T07:12:05","slug":"clear-the-terminal-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g33kinfo.com\/info\/clear-the-terminal-window\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear the terminal window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Try this:<\/p>\n<p><code> <span class=\"boldcode\"># cat \/bin\/cat<\/span> <\/code><\/p>\n<p>Behold! Your terminal looks like garbage. Everything you type looks like                 you&#8217;re looking into the Matrix. What do you do?<\/p>\n<p>You type <code>reset<\/code>. But wait you say,                  typing <code>reset<\/code> is too close to typing                 <code>reboot<\/code> or <code>shutdown<\/code>.                  Your palms start to sweat\u2014especially if you are                 doing this on a production machine.<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured: You can do it with the confidence that no machine will be                 rebooted. Go ahead, do it:<\/p>\n<p><code> <span class=\"boldcode\"># reset<\/span> <\/code><\/p>\n<p>Now your screen is back to normal. This is much better than closing the                 window and then logging in again, especially if you just went through five                 machines to SSH to this machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try this: # cat \/bin\/cat Behold! Your terminal looks like garbage. Everything you type looks like you&#8217;re looking into the Matrix. What do you do? You type reset. But wait you say, typing reset is too close to typing reboot or shutdown. 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