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

clear_screen (Ruby 2.7+)

Starting from Ruby 2.7, there is a build-in and cross-platform way to clear the terminal output:

require 'io/console'

$stdout.clear_screen # or STDOUT.clear_screen

See the difference between $stdout and STDOUT here.