[Tutor] How to clear the screen
W W
srilyk at gmail.com
Mon Oct 20 12:45:57 CEST 2008
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>wrote:
> "Chris Fuller" <cfuller084 at thinkingplanet.net> wrote
>
> want to clear the screen, printing the control sequence ESC[2J is all you
>> need.
>>
>> print chr(0x1b) + '[2J'
>>>>>
>>>>
I don't know if this is the most graceful solution... but it seems to work:
import os
if os.system('cls') == 0:
pass
elif os.system('clear') == 0:
pass
else:
print 'No clear command available'
That should take care of most of your OS' out there...
HTH,
Wayne
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