[PATCH v3] cmdline: update clear screen behavior

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Feb 12 01:23:25 CET 2026


On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:42:56 +0300
Kerem Aksu <kerem.aksu at i2i-systems.com> wrote:

> Control+L should clear screen and redisplay prompt at the top
> line. DPDK rdline library will not change anything on the screen when
> fed with Control+L.  When prompt is lost after too many text written
> to the terminal, users will press Control+L to clear screen and put
> the prompt to the top line. This is expected behavior in bash(1) or
> applications that are using readline(3). Updated to behave as users
> expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kerem Aksu <kerem.aksu at i2i-systems.com>
> ---

Applied to next-net after fixing the release note and rewording the
commit message.


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