Ubuntu – 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.

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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.

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Ubuntu – Bind Alt-N to Nth window in byobu/screen

First check what octal code is generated when you press alt+1, type in the following:

echo -n C-qM-1 | od -t o1

(If that makes no sense to you: instead of writing C-q, press ctrl-q and for M-1 substitute alt-1, and some character should show up). For example, I have Finnish keyboard and en_US.UTF-8 locale and get:

0000000 302 261

so I put in my .screenrc:

bindkey "\302\261" select 1

Note: by default this will not work in a gnome-terminal at all, since alt+number changes the tab and screen (or bash) doesn't get a chance to see the keypress. Go to Edit > Keyboards Shortcuts... to change the shortcuts.

Ubuntu – How to save scrollback history in byobu

Or, you can simply use Byobu's hotkey for this:

Shift-F7

That will take your history and put it into $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen.

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