Terminal Guide

Erase Display [Dispatch] (ED)

ESC1B[5B Ⓝcmd J4a
urxvt
✔
xterm
✔
vte
✔
konsole
✔
linuxvc
✔
cmd = 0

See these sub commands:

urxvt xterm vte konsole linuxvc other
ESC [ 0 J
  Erase Display Below ✓ ✓ ✔ ✓ ✓
ESC [ 1 J
  Erase Display Above ✓ ✓ ✔ ✓ ✓
ESC [ 2 J
  Erase Display Complete ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✔
ESC [ 3 J
  Erase Display Scroll-back ∅ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

xterm ( ✔ )

xterm has an option to scroll one screen full before clearing the screen