How to Clear Screen?

[mrchaos70]

In VB and like in DOS there are ways to CLEAR the screen.
I cannot find any such command for Perl. Is there on out there?

I have a list of options, when they slect one options I want the screen to clear, run the sub, whent he sub ends I want to clear the screen and retrun to the menu.

Any body?

 

[Coderifous]

In DOS I just do this:

system('cls');

--Jim

 

[mrchaos70]

Im sorry I know that CLS clears screen in dos...

are you saying that the system('cls'); will clear the output screen?

 

[Coderifous]

Depending on your 'output screen'. If you are creating a web-based CGI script, then no. It will do nothing. If you are creating a TK/windows based app, then again - that won't work. If however you are creating an application that is presented from a "console" or "terminal", then you can manipulate what is presented from your program by manipulating the terminal. Commands that change the color, clear the screen, etc., that you could type in at your command prompt, can be run through the system() function and their results would affect the presentation of your program.

So the question becomes: What kind of program are you developing?

--Jim

 

[badco]

Unix:
[tt]
system("clear"[/tt]

 

[oliverreade]

To clear the screen use:

system('Clear');

^_^