Erase line (EL 2)

Category: erase · Tags: ECMA-48 Standard, VT100 · Specification ↗

EL 2 erases the entire current line. The sequence is ESC [ 2 K. The cursor position is not changed. Used to clear a full line before rewriting it.

Supported by 6 of 6 backends (100%)

Support Matrix

Backend	Version	Support	Notes
Alacritty	0.26.0	✓ yes
Ghostty	1.3.1	✓ yes
Kitty	0.40.0	✓ yes
vt100	0.1.0	✓ yes
WezTerm	0.1.0-fork.5	✓ yes
xterm.js	5.5.0	✓ yes

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