2026-04-11 10:03 UTC
~~I was expecting some cool Mario strats~~
I'm always using "clear" to just get rid of my console's output. I think it has something to do with me remembering I used that on my old 80's computer, trying it out on a bash long after that and "oh, that works here too, that's convenient".
Reset looks like it does more stuff, but I don't know if that's useful for this use case.
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@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2026-04-11 10:14
I asked this myself, too. AI response: clear: clears the visible screen (sends the terminal’s “clear” sequence); usually fast and does not change terminal settings or fully reinitialize scrollback. reset: fully reinitializes the terminal (sends init strings, resets modes/attributes, may reconfigure terminfo/baud, and clears); slower and used to recover from garbled output or broken state.