jamesnotjim/clearTheTerminal.py

Created May 2, 2019 20:01

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Clear the Terminal in Python

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clearTheTerminal.py

	import os

	if(os.name == "posix"):
	os.system('clear')
	else:
	os.system('cls')

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jamesnotjim commented May 2, 2019

What's this, then?

This is a handy snippet for clearing the Terminal before you send output to it. I've only tested it on OS X, but it is designed to work on other Posix systems and Windows as well.

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