Newbie- how to basics

[Fernando Pérez]

Tony C wrote:

> I've gone through much of the documentation included with Python
> 2.2.2, but can find any kind of reference on how to clear the screen
> from a python script, or at the command line.
> 
> 
> Another useful feature would be command line history (up arrow, down
> arrow, etc), like in the Unix shells.
> 
> Would ssomeone point me to some docs (specific locations) which
> descibe these features ?
> 

You may want to try IPython at
http://www-hep.colorado.edu/~fperez/ipython/

It's a python interactive shell which has all of those already set for you. 

>From a python script, you make system calls via os.system():

import os
os.system('clear')  # calls the 'clear' system command in a sub-shell

Cheers,

f