Clearing the Screen in VSQL

Posted January 27, 2020 by James Knicely, Vertica Field Chief Technologist

Hand writing the text: Helpful Tips

Lots of old school folks use VSQL for administrative tasks. As you enter commands, eventually the command prompt will end up at the bottom left of the screen making it a little difficult to read any additional output from your commands.

You can clear the screen and move the prompt back up to the top left using the Linux clear command!

Example:
dbadmin=>  \! clear

Helpful Links:
https://www.vertica.com/docs/9.3.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/ConnectingToVertica/vsql/UsingVsql.htm

Have fun!