Re: Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

2007-12-16 Thread Larry Bates
Stephen_B wrote: > On Dec 13, 11:21 am, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It opens "clear" with it's own virtual terminal and clears that >> instead. > > Even when I launch the script from a cmd shell with "python > myscript.py"? > >> There's an ANSI control code you can use to reset t

Re: Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

2007-12-14 Thread Chris Gonnerman
Stephen_B wrote: > This doesn't seem to work in a dos terminal at the start of a script: > > from os import popen > print popen('clear').read() > > Any idea why not? Thanks. > As others have mentioned, you should just do: os.system("cls") Or, you can use my WConio module for fancier work. htt

Re: Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

2007-12-13 Thread John Machin
On Dec 14, 3:48 am, Stephen_B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This doesn't seem to work in a dos terminal at the start of a script: > > from os import popen > print popen('clear').read() > > Any idea why not? Thanks. Maybe you are using a different "dos terminal". What is "clear"? C:\junk>clear 'cle

Re: Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

2007-12-13 Thread Stephen_B
On Dec 13, 11:21 am, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It opens "clear" with it's own virtual terminal and clears that > instead. Even when I launch the script from a cmd shell with "python myscript.py"? > There's an ANSI control code you can use to reset the screen, try printing > tha

Re: Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

2007-12-13 Thread Chris Mellon
On Dec 13, 2007 10:48 AM, Stephen_B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This doesn't seem to work in a dos terminal at the start of a script: > > from os import popen > print popen('clear').read() > > Any idea why not? Thanks. It opens "clear" with it's own virtual terminal and clears that instead. Ther

Clearing a DOS terminal in a script

2007-12-13 Thread Stephen_B
This doesn't seem to work in a dos terminal at the start of a script: from os import popen print popen('clear').read() Any idea why not? Thanks. Stephen -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list