> -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Carroll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 9:40 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Clear > > > I'd recommend that you do something like this: > > 1-assign the text clear into a variable, this will save time > later on... > eg: > > $clearScreen = "clear"; > > Then: > > system($clearScreen); > > will clear the screen when ever you want to do so - this is > just the way i > do it... > probably better ways to do it as always ;) How does this "save time"? Perhaps you mean to capture the output of the clear command, and then later use print() to clear the screen: my $clear = `clear`; ... print $clear; P.S. for the original poster, this is a FAQ: perldoc -q "How do I clear the screen?" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
