how to clear console in java ?

[Muhammad Saifuddin]

hi ranchers,

Is there any method or class in java to clear console screen? like a DOS prompt "cls" is command is use to do this..

Thanks,

[dinesh Venkatesan]

Hi Saif,

In the FAQ section, you can find detailed techniques practiced for clearing the console.
Please check it out.

dinesh.

[poorna prakash parvathala]

Hi,
One way of doing is you can call the OS specific clear console command for example "CLS" for DOS/Windows using Runtime.exec().
but that is platform specific :-(

[Jeroen T Wenting]

But: you should NEVER do that, NEVER assume you have the console to yourself.

[Ranjeet Kr Rai]

Is there no way to clear console in JVM

[Campbell Ritchie]

Somebody has already said to look for our FAQ.

[vinayak jog]

Java is platform independent langauge. Different Operating systems have thier own way of accesing console and clearing console. Java has no direct method for clearing console.

Using dos command like "cls" is one of the solution but it works only on windows. Similarly you need to use "clear" command for linux and so on..

Better not to use any of the above said methods lets stick conventional java