Newbie- how to basics

[Paul Lehmann]

Tony C wrote:

> I've gone through much of the documentation included with Python
> 2.2.2, but can find any kind of reference on how to clear the screen
> from a python script, or at the command line.
> 
> 
> Another useful feature would be command line history (up arrow, down
> arrow, etc), like in the Unix shells.
> 
> Would ssomeone point me to some docs (specific locations) which
> descibe these features ?
> 
> thanks

I just started looking monitoring this newsgroup with the thoughts that 
I might want to learn python.  It looks like a friendly group (unlike 
comp.lang.c) It took me awhile to learn how to clear the screen in a C 
program in Linux.  What works there is the following:

system("clear");

Let me know if this works for you in python.  I think I will start learning 
python.  The user community seems friendly.