By default, the clear screen behaviour is only used when not in insertion mode. This causes the screen to clear in insertion mode instead of just printing a '^L'. Signed-off-by: Kyle Walker <kwalker(a)redhat.com&gt; --- cmdline.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/cmdline.c b/cmdline.c index 226bd20..dd310ed 100644 --- a/cmdline.c +++ b/cmdline.c @@ -2059,6 +2059,8 @@ readline_init(void) vi_insertion_keymap); rl_bind_key_in_map(CTRL('N'), rl_get_next_history, vi_insertion_keymap); + rl_bind_key_in_map(CTRL('l'), rl_clear_screen, + vi_insertion_keymap); rl_generic_bind(ISFUNC, "[A", (char *)rl_get_previous_history, vi_movement_keymap); -- 2.4.3