On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 12:24:15PM -0700, Wagner-David wrote:
> You are correct. I believe that the backticks work on the shell, so
> I replace `cls` with system("cls") and at least my screen cleared as it was
> suppose to.
Given the code shown, you have to print $clear for the screen to actually be
cleared. The backticks are there intentionally; they're there to retrieve
the sequence required to clear the screen once, so it can be stored in
$clear and used as many times as desired.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig S Monroe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
[snip]
> my $clear;
> if ($^O =~ /mswin/i || $^O =~ /dos/i) {
> $clear = `cls`;
> }
> elsif ($^O eq 'linux') {
> $clear = `clear`;
> }
Michael
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