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

There is two ways:

Using shortcuts

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

Using Clear alias

1. Go to: cygwin\home\USER\.bashrc
2. Open .bashrc file and put this alias alias clear='printf "\033c"'.
3. restart your cygwin terminal.
4. to clear your screen use clear command.