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NiLuJe · 08-11-2019, 10:02 AM

Yeah, --clear is never actually a shortcut (it's not intended to mean "clear the screen and get out", but "clear the screen before doing whatever else needs to be done"), there's a few workarounds to make it so when positional arguments are involved, but if stdin is not empty, it'll get drained

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So, yeah, either pass a single space as a positional arg, or ensure stdin is empty, which is what happens with your /dev/null redirection

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08-11-2019, 10:02 AM	#149
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yeah, --clear is never actually a shortcut (it's not intended to mean "clear the screen and get out", but "clear the screen before doing whatever else needs to be done"), there's a few workarounds to make it so when positional arguments are involved, but if stdin is not empty, it'll get drained . So, yeah, either pass a single space as a positional arg, or ensure stdin is empty, which is what happens with your /dev/null redirection . Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-12-2019 at 07:52 AM.