How to clear the interpreter console?

Question

Like most Python developers, I typically keep a console window open with the Python interpreter running to test commands, dir() stuff, help() stuff

Answer 1

Here are two nice ways of doing that:

1.

import os

# Clear Windows command prompt.
if (os.name in ('ce', 'nt', 'dos')):
    os.system('cls')

# Clear the Linux terminal.
elif ('posix' in os.name):
    os.system('clear')

2.

import os

def clear():
    if os.name == 'posix':
        os.system('clear')

    elif os.name in ('ce', 'nt', 'dos'):
        os.system('cls')


clear()