Obtain prompt right away after "reset and clear" in GNOME Terminal

Question

I do run reset quite frequently while using GNOME Terminal. I've been trying to find a way to do (exactly) that using a shortcut. Reset and Clear (Ctrl + K) "resets" the terminal in a similar fashion, but I have to press Enter to get a prompt back.

Is there a way to get the behavior I'm describing?

I've tried iTerm 2.x in macOS, and Ctrl + K does exactly that, so I think there has to be a way to do this in GNOME Terminal as well, since this looks like a very basic workflow that many people might use on a daily basis.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '22 at 10:40

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Add to your .bashrc:

bind -x '"\C-k":reset xterm'

Source the file:

$ . .bashrc

Now when you press Ctrl+k you should get the desired result.

answered Jan 09 '22 at 10:40

schrodingerscatcuriosity

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Somehow, this doesn't change anything for me. I get the same behavior: I have to press Enter to get the prompt back. – x80486 Jan 09 '22 at 14:34
@x80486 Take a look at this post to see if some of the information there helps, I tried it with Zorin (gnome-terminal) and it worked... and now I'm on windows. – schrodingerscatcuriosity Jan 09 '22 at 14:39
@x80486 Try with other letter than k, '"\C-j" for example. – schrodingerscatcuriosity Jan 09 '22 at 14:41
OK, that did it! Looks like Ctrl + k is already bound (by default) so it takes precedence over this one. – x80486 Jan 09 '22 at 15:53

Obtain prompt right away after "reset and clear" in GNOME Terminal

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