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Is there a way to clear the terminal screen during a running process?

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For example, I'm running tail -f someLogFile. My screen has gotten full to the point that only the last line is changing. I now want to clear the screen; but the usual Ctrl+L doesn't work, just shows me the output ^L.

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answered 3 Years ago thellfi · Accepted Answer

Using Ctrl + L Won't work as input from keyboard is not accepted, but you can do this:

Toolbar options of Terminal > Terminal > Reset and clear

This will do the trick!