How to clear history in Byobu?

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I've been trying to clear the history of a window in Byobu but I haven't been successful. Neither reset nor clear actually clear the history, you can still see it when you enter in scrollback mode.

I'm guessing I should use tmux's clear-history command, but I don't know how to use that command from within Byobu.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '17 at 09:47

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If you're using screen keybindings, then press Ctrla, then : (colon), to get a : prompt, where you can enter the clear-history command.

answered Jun 08 '17 at 09:47

muru

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And if not using screen keybindings, you can find the escape sequence in the byobu configuration menu (F9). For me, it was Ctrl-b instead. – Emil Styrke Jul 13 '18 at 14:21

Bill · Answer 2 · 2020-02-06T17:51:12.687

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From your terminal, run

byobu clear-history

For a one-liner, you can run this or save it as a bash alias:

clear && byobu clear-history

edited Feb 06 '20 at 17:51

answered Feb 04 '20 at 12:05

Bill

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Are you sure that this works? – guntbert Feb 04 '20 at 19:30
I tested it, and it cleared my scrollback history although it did not clear my current screen. – Bill Feb 06 '20 at 17:49
Thanks. The reason I was asking is that I couldn't find this mentioned in byobu -h. – guntbert Feb 06 '20 at 21:08

How to clear history in Byobu?

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