CLS (command)
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In
operating systems to clear the screen or console window of commands and any output generated by them. It does not clear the user's history of commands
, however.
The command is also available in the EFI shell.[4] In other environments, such as Linux and Unix, the same functionality is provided by the
command.
clearHistory
The command is available in
BASICA and GW-BASIC, also have the
computers (1981). The CLS command as a BASIC keyword - as do various non-Microsoft implementations of BASIC such as BBC BASIC found on the BBC MicroCLS command is also present in BASIC versions for Microsoft Windows, however this generally clears text printed on the form, rather than the whole window or controls on the form.
The command CLS has appeared as a clear screen command in many other BASIC dialects and command line interpreters, because of its familiarity through being included in MS-DOS.
GPL v3.[7]
DR DOS also includes an implementation of the
CLS command.[8]See also
- CLS (CONFIG.SYS directive)
- List of DOS commands
References
- ^ http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/digitalResearch/flexos/1073-2003_FlexOS_Users_Guide_V1.3_Nov86.pdf Archived 2019-09-25 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ Microsoft TechNet Cls article
- ^ "EFI Shells and Scripting". Intel. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
- ^ PC-MOS User Guide
- ^ Jansen, Roeland (8 February 2018). "pcmos386v501: PC-MOS/386 v5.01 final release including cdrom driver sources" – via GitHub.
- ^ "DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-08-13.
Further reading
- Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. ISBN 978-1556152894.
- Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit (1993). OS/2 Inside & Out. ISBN 978-0078818714.
- Frisch, Æleen (2001). Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference. ISBN 978-0-596-00148-3.
External links
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Guide to Windows Commands