Hi, > I was hoping there would be some way to change >>>cls() to simply >>>cls - > but this is close enough! :) It just occured to me how you could do this. class clear: def __repr__(self): import os, sys cls = os.popen("clear").read() sys.stdout.write(cls) return "" cls = clear() Now you can type cls, and it'll run the clear.__repr__ method, which will in turn clear the screen for you. :) Allan.