Is there a way to get a command line interface to wipe clean?

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I have a command line interface in python as a project and would like to be able to get my terminal to wipe clean after it has completed delivering a set of instructions. Is there a command for this?

You mean clear the terminal window? – Barmar Jun 08 '22 at 15:45 — Barmar, Jun 08 '22 at 15:45
In iPython, typing `cls` will clear the terminal. – S3DEV Jun 08 '22 at 15:48 — S3DEV, Jun 08 '22 at 15:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '22 at 15:48

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if you want to clear the terminal from your python code, you can use os.system("clear") on linux or os.system("cls") on windows.

answered Jun 08 '22 at 15:48

DavinderJolly

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '22 at 15:51

I'm not sure I understand your wish properly, but with the intention of helping, if your command line interface is running in a REPL ( Read, Evaluate, Print and Loop) interface - a python shell to execute a single python command and display the result - then the commands used to clear the terminal or Python shell are cls and clear.

Depending on your OS, you can run the following:

Windows

import os
os.system(‘CLS’)

Linux

import os
os.system(‘clear’)

For more details you can check this link

I hope it was of some help!

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 08 '22 at 15:45

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What IDE are you using? With the Spyder IPython console, you can use CTRL + L.

answered Jun 08 '22 at 15:45

FreyGeospatial

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