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Is there a command to clear the screen of MYSQL under Windows?

I could not find it. Could you help?

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As far as I know you cannot clear screen in mysql client on Windows. On Linux there are two ways to do it \! clear or system clear and Ctrl+L. I've thought on Windows it would be possible to do this with \! cls or system cls but that is not the case. Windows mysql has not \! or system command. Quote from docs: 'The system command works only in Unix.'

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Use the "clear" command. Details are at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-commands.html.

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Does 'clear' command clear the screen? It could only clear my previous input command but not the whole screen of the cmd on my computer. – Jichao Oct 7 '10 at 6:22
No, it does not. – Casual Coder Oct 7 '10 at 9:05

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