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If you mean on the command line, then the command is:

clear

Of course, if your encoding's been messed up, you can also clear up this little problem with the command:

reset

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Type ^L (which means CTRL+L).

Some sources say you can use the command "clear", but that did not work for my Cygwin installation.

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With the clear command.

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