Bals's right, you can execute any shell command in hive-cli by using "!shell_command;"
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 4:30 AM, Bala Krishna Gangisetty <b...@altiscale.com> wrote: > "!clear" is an another option too. > > --Bala G. > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Mohan Krishna <mohan.25fe...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Louis >> >> I use "Ctrl+L" as a keyboard short cut to clear Hive screen. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> Mohan >> >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:41 AM, Louis Vincent Frolio <frol...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Does anyone know how to issue a clear screen at the "hive>" prompt? >>> Is this even possible? I am looking for something similar to "system >>> clear" in MySQL. >>> >>> Thank you, Louis. >>> >> >> > -- Best Regards Jeff Zhang