Jan 27, 2011 · There is now a simple class: pip3 install clear-screen and then to use it: from clear-screen import clear and then the method clear() will clear your shell – user10364045 Commented Jan 27, 2019 at 23:04

For Windows, on the interpreter command line only (not the GUI!), simply type (remember to use proper indentation with Python): import os def clear(): os.system('cls') Every time you type clear() on the shell (command line), it will clear the screen in your shell. If you exit the shell, then you must redo the above to do it again as you open a ...

If x is 2, it will clear entire screen and move cursor to upper left. If x is 3, it will clear entire screen and delete all lines saved in the scrollback buffer. So, this command will clear everything, including buffer: print("\033[H\033[3J", end="") COMMAND LINE: To clear screen in a shell (console / terminal) you can use the same command.

Sep 16, 2009 · None of these solutions worked for me on Windows 7 and within IDLE. Wound up using PowerShell, running Python within it and exiting to call "cls" in PowerShell to clear the window. CONS: Assumes Python is already in the PATH variable. Also, this does clear your Python variables (though so does restarting the shell).

Feb 27, 2019 · I have tried os.system("clear") but it doesn't clear the screen, I want it to clear the entire screen but instead (cls) makes it print my menu again and (clear) does nothing except clear the 2. If I'm missing something obvious it's probably because I'm new to python.

I'm running Mac OS X 10.7.5 and iTerm 2 for my terminal. Using Python2.7, the stdscr = curses.initscr() works to clear the screen, and the stdscr.clear() does nothing. Using Python3.4, the stdscr = curses.initscr() does clear the screen, but takes away the terminal's

Jun 10, 2020 · How can I in Python (v 2.7.2) completely clear the terminal window? This doesn't work since it just adds a bunch of new lines and the user can still scroll up and see earlier commands import os os.

Different types of "devices" require different methods to clear the screen. Normally when a shell is started in a terminal the TERM environment variable is set to a value that indicates what type of terminal it is, and routines that clear the screen consult this in order to determine what characters to write in order to clear it.

Jun 12, 2016 · If you want to clear the screen, the "ANSI" sequence in a printf \033[2J clears the entire screen, e.g., printf '\033[2J' The command-line clear program uses this, along with moving the cursor to the "home" position, again an "ANSI" sequence: \033[H The program gets the information from the terminal database.

Jul 31, 2011 · The command clear-screen does not seem to work on my system (Windows with Spyderlib), but I like the idea of binding a solution to C-l – Amelio Vazquez-Reina Commented Jul 31, 2011 at 21:08