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I have already googled and looked at these sites. They fix the problem of starting a ssh session to a server and then the 'clear' command being a issue. I'm having the issue with the 'clear' command not working on the host machine.
I also just checked if one of my bash scripts would work and it seems the 'tput' command doesn't work either, returns the same error.
Have you manually change the $TERM in your .basrc or any of the initialization scripts like .profile, .bash_profile? The terminal identification string should always be sent by the terminal emulator you are using, because this sometimes causes conflict.
Do check the below link and read from the section "Finding appropriate terminfo(5) definitions", this might help
I have not changed the $TERM variable, ever. And the $TERM value is as it should be, 'rxvt-unicode' for the urxvt terminal emulator. Correct me if i'm wrong.
So if I understand this correctly, the definition for the urxvt terminal is there, I have tires using both unicode variants, and still gives the error.
And just a update...I tried to ssh into the host machine from urxvt and got the same error when trying to use the 'clear' command.
When I use screen, ssh or not, I can use 'clear' and 'tput'. And when I check the value of $TERM I get 'screen'
So if I understand this correctly, the definition for the urxvt terminal is there, I have tires using both unicode variants, and still gives the error.
And just a update...I tried to ssh into the host machine from urxvt and got the same error when trying to use the 'clear' command.
When I use screen, ssh or not, I can use 'clear' and 'tput'. And when I check the value of $TERM I get 'screen'
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