CLS (command)

<p>In <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, CLS (for clear screen) is a <a href="/facts/Command_(computing)/zUrvQbFy">command</a> used by the <a href="/facts/Command-line_interpreter/R9JpGmXQ">command-line interpreters</a> <a href="/facts/COMMAND.COM/06Sz5wle">COMMAND.COM</a> and <a href="/facts/Cmd.exe/FUmTvew6">cmd.exe</a> on <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Digital_Research/9bYQl2pI">Digital Research</a> <a href="/facts/FlexOS/563z8WWo">FlexOS</a>, <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> <a href="/facts/OS/2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="/facts/ReactOS/BFmfC6BB">ReactOS</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_systems/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a> to clear the screen or <a href="/facts/Terminal_emulator/yNfevBJd">console window</a> of commands and any output generated by them. It does not clear the user's <a href="/facts/Command_history/nnyw8DFc">history of commands</a>, however.
The command is also available in the <a href="/facts/Digital_Equipment_Corporation/ztxs6keA">DEC</a> <a href="/facts/RT-11/AXaahzdB">RT-11</a> operating system, in the <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a> <a href="/facts/Emulator/FMHE8qDj">emulator</a> <a href="/facts/DOSBox/Du2egHYo">DOSBox</a> and in the <a href="/facts/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/w86VGmy2">EFI shell</a>. In other environments, such as <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> and <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a>, the same functionality is provided by the <a href="/facts/Clear_(Unix)/dFMsSbpT">clear</a> command.
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CLS (command)