Question: I want to clearscreen from bash in a cygwin terminal.
I have tried

```
cmd /c cls
echo -e "^V^L"
echo -e "\014"

```

None of these work - they all give a "linefeed". Pressing CTRL+L does work - but I want to call it from a Bash script.

Any ideas?

Answer: 
If it's contained in your cygwin install (run Cygwin's setup and make sure you have the package called "ncurses"), try

```
tput clear

```
Alt+F8 to clear screen and Ctrl-L to skip page