cygwin clearscreen from bash

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

Answer 1

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

tput clear