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Clear the terminal window |
Clear the terminal window |
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=={{header|Ada}}== |
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=={{header|Algol68}}== |
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system("clear") |
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CLS |
CLS |
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=={{header|COBOL}}== |
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Clears the whole console content using the current background color. |
Clears the whole console content using the current background color. |
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Revision as of 18:24, 4 October 2010
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
Clear the terminal window
Ada
Algol68
awk
system("clear")
BASIC
<lang qbasic>CLS</lang>
Batch File
CLS
COBOL
PureBasic
Clears the whole console content using the current background color. <lang PureBasic>ClearConsole()</lang>
Rexx
The Rexx programming language does not include a facility to clear the screen. However, it might be possible to output ANSI control sequences, and there are various workarounds which are platform specific:
brexx
regina
The regina interpreter supports the rexxcurses plugin, which provides the facility to clear the screen:
UNIX Shell
<lang bash>clear</lang>