Sane-ify the screen clearing stuff.

 -Erik

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/watch.c b/coreutils/watch.c
index 78ede4c1c..a4b1f64b6 100644
--- a/coreutils/watch.c
+++ b/coreutils/watch.c
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 extern int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         const char date_argv[2][10] = { "date", "" };
-        const char clrscr[] =
-                "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n";
         const int header_len = 40;
         char header[header_len + 1];
         int period = 2;
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ extern int watch_main(int argc, char **argv)
         old_stdout = dup(1);
 
         while (1) {
-                printf("%s%s", clrscr, header);
+                printf("\033[H\033[J%s", header);
                 date_main(1, (char **) date_argv);
                 printf("\n");