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According to the MinGW setup program, I have the bash shell installed. When I attempt to issue a reset
, I get:
sh: reset: command not found
Bash responds to the reset
command in every other environment I've worked it, and I'm having trouble getting reset
to work under MinGW.
I tried to ensure that bash
is used rather than sh
, but I can't seem to make heads or tails of 6.2 Bash Startup Files. I looked for a passwd
and shadow passwd
file, but there does not appear to be one. So the best I can tell, I have a bash that's not being used as bash due to an unknown process or influence...
I also tried sending the command echo -e \\033c
and CTLRL+L called out by 4. Resetting your terminal, but that does not work as expected. ("Does not work" is an exercise left to MinGW users to see the effects).
I also have the gettext
and ncurses
packages installed.
I have two simple questions:
How do I ensure "bash" bash is always used, and not some variation like "sh" bash
How do I invoke the reset command to clear the terminal?
Above, when I say "clear", its meant as a description, and not the command. I want to erase everything that's on the screen and in the scrollback history.
I haven't seen an ncurses package for mingw. – Thomas Dickey – 2015-08-22T00:53:37.210