how to clear screen in C ?

indian · 10-01-2004, 12:00 PM

Hi how to clear screen in C program in Linux environment.In TURBO C we use clrscr() function.I think we don't have some thing llike that in Linux.
secondly I had read some where that using"\033" will also do the job.Is it possible ? How ?
Thanks..

crabboy · 10-01-2004, 12:12 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=11857

coolfrog · 10-01-2004, 01:45 PM

Hi,
You acn make a system call by using the system() function.
Just make a function call as follows :
system("clear");
You will have include appropriate header files.
Thats it. 'clear' is command to clear screen on terminal.
Enjoy. By the way i'm an indian too. :-)

indian · 10-01-2004, 10:58 PM

Thanks....