Shawn Minisall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Does anyone know how to clear the shell screen completely ? I tried
>import os and then os.system("clear") was said to have worked in Windows
>XP, but it's just bringing up another window, then it turns black and
>then it closes in within about a second moving the prompt at the
>os.system("clear") line . I've also tried os.system("cls") with the
>same results.
os.system('cls') works just fine from a command shell. I just tried it.
Are you running from inside Pythonwin? If so, then what you are looking at
is not a "shell screen" in any way. It's a simulation, and I don't know of
any way to clear it.
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