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Shell Tricks That Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your Sanity) (blog.hofstede.it)
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[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

I asked this myself, too. AI response:

clear: clears the visible screen (sends the terminal’s “clear” sequence); usually fast and does not change terminal settings or fully reinitialize scrollback.

reset: fully reinitializes the terminal (sends init strings, resets modes/attributes, may reconfigure terminfo/baud, and clears); slower and used to recover from garbled output or broken state.