title: Clear PowerShell console in bash on Windows
body: <p>I download <code>bash.exe</code> from <a href="http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SourceForge</a> and added it to my path in Powershell, but I can't get it to clear the console. <code>clear.exe</code> is missing from the zipfile that was downloaded, so it makes sense that that command doesn't work. However, using <code>Ctrl+L</code> also does not clear the powershell console. </p>
  
  <p>How can I get the powershell console to clear when I'm using bash in it?</p>
  
  <p>Note: I've tried adding an alias called <code>clear</code> to my <code>.bashrc</code> as <code>alias clear=echo &lt;many enters&gt;</code>, but it doesn't work quite the way I've expected (i.e. only echoes 4 or 5 newlines). Also, <code>echo "\n\n"</code> just prints out literal <code>\n\n</code>.</p>