[ILUG] Clearing the CONSOLE in Linux

[Phil]

Vinayak Risbud's [vinayak_risbud at asiansonly.net] 17 lines of dribble included:
> Hi Friends,
>            Kindly inform me how to clear the console of Linux
> using C .
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{	
	printf("\033c");		
	printf("\033[2J");		
	return(0);
}
This resets and clears a VT100 terminal[1]

First print statment resets the terminal. The second Clears the screen.
I use it basically for when you cat a binary file. It does what you want
anyways.
Regards,
Philip.
[1]
   www.mhri.edu.au/~pdb/dataformats/vt100.html
   www.sdsu.edu/doc/texi/screen_10.html
   www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal/ansi_x3.64.html