Easily print out a spaces between larger data outputs in bash

Question

I'm grepping through a very large web directory, and when I do multiple greps in a row, when scrolling up, it is difficult to tell when one result ends and an other one starts. I tried just clear, although it sets the scroll bar lower, it still leaves the previous call if you scroll up high enough, so I've been solving this by simply holding return to generate a large amount of blank prompts between each run.

Is there any tools built into linux or bash that solves this issue at all, or am I stuck holding return for a few seconds?

Answer 1

yes "" | head -n 10

adjust "10" as required.

For maximum ease of use:

blank() { yes "" | head -n "$1"; }
blank 20