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It is useful to have a command to clear\ncurrent screen, just like linux `clear` command do.\n\nThis patch has been tested under monitors using stdio, vc,\ntcp socket, unix socket and serial interfaces.\n\nSigned-off-by: Alano Song <AlanoSong@163.com>\n---\n hmp-commands.hx       | 14 ++++++++++++++\n include/monitor/hmp.h |  1 +\n monitor/hmp-cmds.c    |  5 +++++\n 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)","diff":"diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx\nindex 5cc4788f12..95f9166732 100644\n--- a/hmp-commands.hx\n+++ b/hmp-commands.hx\n@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ SRST\n   Show the help for all commands or just for command *cmd*.\n ERST\n \n+    {\n+        .name       = \"clear\",\n+        .args_type  = \"\",\n+        .params     = \"\",\n+        .help       = \"clear the monitor screen\",\n+        .cmd        = hmp_clear,\n+        .flags      = \"p\",\n+    },\n+\n+SRST\n+``clear``\n+  Clear the monitor screen.\n+ERST\n+\n     {\n         .name       = \"commit\",\n         .args_type  = \"device:B\",\ndiff --git a/include/monitor/hmp.h b/include/monitor/hmp.h\nindex e222bea60c..9b66458d21 100644\n--- a/include/monitor/hmp.h\n+++ b/include/monitor/hmp.h\n@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ void hmp_trace_event(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n void hmp_trace_file(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n void hmp_info_trace_events(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n void hmp_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n+void hmp_clear(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n void hmp_info_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n void hmp_info_sync_profile(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\n void hmp_info_history(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);\ndiff --git a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c\nindex bc26b39d70..3e9485478e 100644\n--- a/monitor/hmp-cmds.c\n+++ b/monitor/hmp-cmds.c\n@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ void hmp_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)\n     hmp_help_cmd(mon, qdict_get_try_str(qdict, \"name\"));\n }\n \n+void hmp_clear(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)\n+{\n+    monitor_printf(mon, \"\\x1b[3J\\x1b[2J\\x1b[H\");\n+}\n+\n void hmp_info_help(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)\n {\n     hmp_help_cmd(mon, \"info\");\n","prefixes":[]}