Is there a way to clear the command line using the escape key... I would like to get bash just to basically start over when I press ESC. Thanks, L-

hit ctrl + c,

Dude, I am so newbie at linux -- hahaha.

L-

Typical keyboard combinations are ctrl-U (i.e. erase line), which works in just about any shell, or anywhere, as I suspect it's normally part of the tty handling, and ctrl-K (erase to end of line).

Of course neither of these erases the whole command, but if you use them both, then there will be nothing left.

But gosper is right, ctrl-c works too

Mark

Clear works... it does what it's suppose to.

Thanks markr -- that was some stuff I didn't know -- very handy.

And of course ctrl-c work fine as well.

Thanks a lot,
L-

Ctrl-l (<- a small L) for clear

Doesn't CTRL+C send TERM signal to whichever process you press it on?
CTRL+C certainly doesn't clear my Bash shell, it terminates whatever program the shell is running.

The idea is just to clear the command line, not to stop a programm, I suppose the catch should be that there is not a program runnig at the time.

L-

ctrl-c will send the term signal, but shells don't die on that, many just reset themselves. In order to actually kill off a shell, you have to send the kill signal (signal 9)

control-l is not a clear-screen AFAIK; it's a screen refresh (for ncurses-type apps).