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#1

Hi. When in terminal/cmd in case I need to clear screen I can type ‘cls’
(windows) … the question I have is, once in IRB, is there a similar
command?

#2

Hi. When in terminal/cmd in case I need to clear screen I can type ‘cls’
(windows) … the question I have is, once in IRB, is there a similar
command?

I use Ctrl-L, but technically that’s cheating; I think it’s part of
Unix rather than part of IRB. So it may not work on Windows.

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#3

Giles B. wrote:

Hi. When in terminal/cmd in case I need to clear screen I can type ‘cls’
(windows) … the question I have is, once in IRB, is there a similar
command?

You can use system(‘cls’), cls seems like got problem on windows.

#4

Shin guey Wong wrote:

Giles B. wrote:
You can use system(‘cls’), cls seems like got problem on windows.

Ok … system(‘cls’) works fine on Windows, but unfortunately Ctrl-L
doesn’t.

Thanx all for the tips :slight_smile: