Control + L not clearing screen

Question

When I try to clear my terminal screen on OSX:

computer@ ~ () $ ^L

And when I hit Enter after that it just shows:

-bash:
   : command not found

Any ideas on how this happens?

My .bash_profile, .profile, and .bashrc are empty.

Solution 1

remap control :

bind -x '"\C-l": clear'

Solution 2

I typically have a ~/.inputrc where I put following bindings

"\C-p":previous-history
"\C-n":next-history
"\C-a.":beginning-of-line
"\C-e.":end-of-line
"\C-l":clear-screen

Comments

[Adam]

That worked, however I'm curious of how it came unbound.

[Raza]

i am not sure.. should check default value I don't know where they defined..

[helix]

+1 for the .inputrc solution.

[SamAndrew81]

This works in the session, but the problem always comes back in the next session. How can I make this persistent? EDIT: Phillppe's answer below worked. :)

[SamAndrew81]

Best answer here - it is persistent.