terminal for task does not realize it's finished if task contains certain clear commands

[joelhock]

• VSCode Version: Code 1.18.1 (929bacb, 2017-11-16T18:23:26.125Z)
• OS Version: Darwin x64 17.3.0
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. create task with:

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "command": "clear ; echo hi; clear; echo bye",
            "type": "shell",
            "args": [],
            "presentation": {
                "reveal": "always",
                "echo": false,
                "panel": "dedicated"
            },
            "label": "test"
        }
    ]
}

2. note that when finished terminal does not output Terminal will be reused by tasks, press any key to close it.
3. try to run task again
4. vscode complains that task is already running The task 'test (foo)' is already active. To terminate it use 'Terminate Task...' from the Tasks menu.
5. note that if second clear is removed from the command string, terminal behaves as expected. removing first clear but leaving the second still causes the issue.

This used to work fine; not sure if it was a newer version of vscode or mac OS that broke things.

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

[dbaeumer]

Dups #37846.

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[joelhock]

recent insider's build with fix from #37846 does indeed solve this issue. thanks!