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Eviltechie
April 15th, 2009, 04:56 AM
I don't know about the rest of you, but I clear the terminal window a lot. I just can't concentrate on what I'm typing otherwise

Do the rest of you clear your terminals frequently?

bashveank
April 15th, 2009, 04:59 AM
I usually clear the terminal after using it. It's just cluttered to have hour old commands in the window.

OutOfReach
April 15th, 2009, 05:01 AM
I clear/reset the terminal window A LOT. It looks terribly messy if I don't

Barrucadu
April 15th, 2009, 05:05 AM
I occasionally clear, though I usually just let my terminals fill up.

namegame
April 15th, 2009, 05:06 AM
Sadly, I think I clear after almost every command I use. I'm a fairly avid terminal user as well, I don't like it to look cluttered up.

Rokurosv
April 15th, 2009, 05:07 AM
Yeah I clear it a lot, specially after searching a package. CTRL + L FTW!

Giant Speck
April 15th, 2009, 05:08 AM
Oh, God. I do that all the time, too! I love the clear command.

RiceMonster
April 15th, 2009, 05:26 AM
I had this in my .bashrc for a bit:

alias startx="startx && clear"

Denestria
April 15th, 2009, 07:00 AM
I have a terminal permanently sitting on my desktop like a widget so I clear it frequently to keep it looking nice. In fact if I check my bash history, clear is the 5th most often used command behind cd, ls, sudo and chmod.

Bakon Jarser
April 15th, 2009, 07:09 AM
All the time. Can't figure out where one command ended and the other began if I don't. Is there any way to make the text change colors after every command? That'd be awesome.

gn2
April 15th, 2009, 07:18 AM
Never.
I only use the terminal as a last resort when all else has failed.

hatten
April 15th, 2009, 07:19 AM
All the time. Can't figure out where one command ended and the other began if I don't. Is there any way to make the text change colors after every command? That'd be awesome.
change your PS1

I never use clear.

23meg
April 15th, 2009, 07:39 AM
I use Terminator (https://launchpad.net/terminator), and all my terminals are "dirty". I like seeing some history; it provides context and makes it easier to pick up what I'd been working on after having left it for some time.

inobe
April 15th, 2009, 07:41 AM
no way, i never clear it.

kevdog
April 15th, 2009, 08:07 AM
never knew about the clear function until now! Why would I want to clear my terminal! See a bunch of commands on it along with output makes me look productive!!

angry_johnnie
April 15th, 2009, 08:10 AM
a typical session would be something like this:

some command

clear

some other command

clear

yet another command

clear

and so on... :)

inobe
April 15th, 2009, 08:40 AM
bad memory, cant do it.

joshdudeha
April 15th, 2009, 09:40 AM
Can't you just scroll up and look at it again?
Thats what I used to do if I needed to look back.

billgoldberg
April 15th, 2009, 09:47 AM
I don't know about the rest of you, but I clear the terminal window a lot. I just can't concentrate on what I'm typing otherwise

Do the rest of you clear your terminals frequently?

If I'm doing a lot of work in the cli, then yes.

If I only need it for a few simple commands, no.

slibuntu
April 15th, 2009, 09:47 AM
My bashrc has clear mapped to the letter c! Use it all the time!

Giant Speck
April 15th, 2009, 09:56 AM
Can't you just scroll up and look at it again?
Thats what I used to do if I needed to look back.

Yes. The clear command doesn't erase all your previous work. It just brings the cursor to the top of the terminal window. You can still scroll up to view earlier work after using the clear command.

joshdudeha
April 15th, 2009, 10:11 AM
Ah, thought so :D