How can I clear the terminal in Ruby?

Question

I would like to know to how to do in Ruby what I can do with system(\"clear\") in C. I wrote a program like

puts \"amit\"
system(\"clear\")
         


        

Answer 1

You can use following create a ruby file say check.rb like follwing

puts "amit"
#system "clear"

and run it from console [Salil@localhost Desktop]$ check.rb

o/p

[Salil@localhost Desktop]$ ruby check.rb
amit
[Salil@localhost Desktop]$ 

now modify check.rb and run it from console

puts "amit"
system "clear"

o/p

[Salil@localhost Desktop]$