Clearing the screen in PERL

[eXtremist]

Anyone know a command to clear the screen in PERL?

[TheLinuxDuck]

It's easy to do using ansi escape codes, assuming your console supports ansi escape codes.. :)

2J will clear the screen, and 1;1H will move the cursor to the upper lefthand position

print "\e[2J\e[1;1H";

[kmj]

hey, LD, an example on ansi escape codes would be cool. :)

[TheLinuxDuck]

I could handle that. :) I've got a few other things (as we have discussed) that are my top priority for getting the new site up and running..

But, it will certainly be put on "the list"

:)

[kmj]

;)

[micxz]

Have you tried system(clear); ?

[TheLinuxDuck]

Originally posted by micxz:
Have you tried system(clear); ?

That would certainly work, but why fork off a system call/shell when a simple ansi escape code will suffice? :)