How clear gdb command screen?

Question

Is it possible to clear the command window of gdb? I mean, is there a command in gdb that do the same (for the command windows) as the clear command in a bash terminal?

Answer 1

Hit Control + L. Works for me in Linux and Mac OS X as well with recent versions of GDB.

Answer 2

Depending on the environment you can try this key combination: Ctrl+L. That is: hold down the Control key, and type the L key.

But this may not work in all environments. You can also try the following: in gdb you can execute shell commands using shell: use this to call out to the shell to clear the terminal:

shell clear