[SOLVED] Clear screen in shell

Issue

How do you clear the screen in shell?

I've seen ways like:

import os
os.system('cls')

This just opens the Windows cmd, clears the screen and closes but I want the shell window to be cleared.

I'm using version 3.3.2 of Python.

Solution

For macOS/OS X, you can use the subprocess module and call 'cls' from the shell:

import subprocess as sp
sp.call('cls', shell=True)

To prevent '0' from showing on top of the window, replace the 2nd line with:

tmp = sp.call('cls', shell=True)

For Linux, you must replace cls command with clear

tmp = sp.call('clear', shell=True)

Answered By - GalHai

Answer Checked By - Mildred Charles (WPSolving Admin)