by Devin Yang
(This article was automatically translated.)

Published - 8 years ago ( Updated - 8 years ago )

How to clear the current command line in Linux or Mac terminal?
For example, if you typed a bunch of instructions wrongly, and you want to clear them,
Be sure to do the same as I used to, use the reverse key to kill slowly, we can use ctrl+u
Remove the entire command line directly.
If you press ctrl+u to delete the entire line command,
If you want to restore , you can press ctrl+y .

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Devin Yang

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