How can I clear the scrollback buffer in konsole from bash?

How can I clear the scrollback buffer in konsole from bash?

I'm a heavy bash user and konsole is my preferred environment. I know I can use the keyboard command ctrl+shift+x to clear the scrollback buffer, but there's certain points in my scripts where I would like that to occur. How can I clear konsole's scrollback buffer using the command line, bash, or any other shell?