ctrl-l in most terminals will also clear the screen. Ideally they'd apply most of the features from GNU readline which IMO is the de facto source for 'standard'

ctrl-l in most terminals will also clear the screen. Ideally they'd apply most of the features from GNU readline which IMO is the de facto source for 'standard' shortcuts on unixen. http://www.bigsmoke.us/readline/shortcuts http://www.bigsmoke.us/readline/shortcuts