Function: eshell/clear

eshell/clear is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in esh-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell/clear &optional SCROLLBACK)

Documentation

Scroll contents of eshell window out of sight, leaving a blank window.

If SCROLLBACK is non-nil, clear the scrollback contents.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el.gz
(defun eshell/clear (&optional scrollback)
  "Scroll contents of eshell window out of sight, leaving a blank window.
If SCROLLBACK is non-nil, clear the scrollback contents."
  (interactive)
  (if scrollback
      (eshell/clear-scrollback)
    (let ((eshell-input-filter-functions nil))
      (insert (make-string (window-size) ?\n))
      (eshell-send-input))))