> I used this instruction to clear the screen on NT
>
> system(cls);
> print "Hello";
>
> the same instruction is not working on unix. I modified the
instruction to
>
> system(clear);
> print "hello";
>
> This works fine on unix. Is there any instruction in perl to perfom
clear screen and it works on both windows and Unix
>
> Thanks in advance,
Would this:
clear;
assuming an earlier:
sub clear { system($^O =~ 'win' ? 'clear':'clr') }
be ok?
A more general solution for this sort of problem
(portable standard utilities) is to use Perl Power Tools:
http://language.perl.com/ppt/
but they haven't (yet?) been nicely bundled on cpan.
