Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

[Chris Gonnerman]

Stephen_B wrote:
> This doesn't seem to work in a dos terminal at the start of a script:
>
> from os import popen
> print popen('clear').read()
>
> Any idea why not? Thanks.
>   
As others have mentioned, you should just do:

os.system("cls")

Or, you can use my WConio module for fancier work.

http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/wconio.html

Good luck!

-- Chris.