Stephen_B wrote:
> On Dec 13, 11:21 am, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It opens "clear" with it's own virtual terminal and clears that
>> instead.
>
> Even when I launch the script from a cmd shell with "python
> myscript.py"?
>
>> There's an ANSI control code you can use to reset the screen, try printing
>> that.
>
> I googled "<Esc>[2J" as an ascii sequence that it is supposed to clear
> the screen. How do I send that?
>
> Stephen
Normally you would do:
import sys
sys.stdout.write(chr(27)+'[2J')
sys.stdout.flush()
Unfortunately that doesn't clear the screen because the ANSI module isn't
loaded
by default. Use os.system('cls') as mentioned instead.
-Larry
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