CLS

Clear the screen.

Syntax
      CLS

If CLS is redirected to file, console or executed through FOR /F it will print a line feed character (ASCII 10).

Errorlevels

If the screen is successfully cleared %ERRORLEVEL% will be unchanged, typically this will be 0 but if a previous command set an errorlevel, that will be preserved (this is a bug).

If a bad switch is given %ERRORLEVEL% ➞ 1

Examples

Display a message and then immediately clear the screen:

Echo Hello
CLS
Echo You didnt see that

CLS is an internal command.

“ For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong” ~ H. L. Mencken

Related commands

ECHO - Display message on screen.
Equivalent PowerShell: Clear-Host - Clear the screen.


 
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