How to clear screen in Python interactive shell mode?

A. L.

In Python interactive mode, is there some function acting like 'clear'
command in bash? Could somebody here give some advice?

Thanks in advance.

Sep 16 '05 #1

Laszlo Zsolt Nagy

A. L. wrote:

In Python interactive mode, is there some function acting like 'clear'
command in bash? Could somebody here give some advice?

Under Linux/UNIX system (on x86 at least) you can use the CTRL+L
combination to clear the screen.
I do not now similar for Windows and MACs.

Les

Sep 16 '05 #2

A. L.

Thank you very much. I have tested it under Cygwin, and that works. But
it fails under Windows Python Shell Mode.

Sep 16 '05 #3

Steven D'Aprano

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:18:33 -0700, A. L. wrote:

In Python interactive mode, is there some function acting like 'clear'
command in bash? Could somebody here give some advice?

Thanks in advance.

Something like this may help:

def clearscreen(numlines=100):
"""Clear the console.

numlines is an optional argument used only as a fall-back.
"""
import os
if os.name == "posix":
# Unix/Linux/MacOS/BSD/etc
os.system('clear')
elif os.name in ("nt", "dos", "ce"):
# DOS/Windows
os.system('CLS')
else:
# Fallback for other operating systems.
print '\n' * numlines
--
Steven.

Sep 16 '05 #4

A. L.

I have tested it under windows python console, and it works.

Thank you very much.

Sep 16 '05 #5

bruce

elif os.name in ("nt", "dos", "ce"):
# emacs/Windows
What`s the right statement here?

Sep 16 '05 #6