Node.Js on windows - How to clear console

Deeptechtons picture Deeptechtons · Jan 25, 2012 · Viewed 86.8k times · Source

Being totally new into node.js environment and philosophy i would like answers to few questions. I had downloaded the node.js for windows installer and also node package manager.Windows Cmd prompt is being currently used for running nodejs apps.

  1. cls clears the command window or errors in command prompt. Is there a equivalent for node.js ? console.clear does not exist ;( or does it in some other form?

  2. I created a server through this code below

    var http = require("http");
    http.createServer(function (request, response) {
        response.writeHead(200, {
            "Content-Type": "text/html"
        });
        response.write("Hello World");
        console.log("welcome world")response.end();
    }).listen(9000, "127.0.0.1");
    

i changed the code to below and refreshed the browser to find that content type does not change, how do i get to see the changes?

var http = require("http");
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
  response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
  response.write("Hello World");
  console.log("welcome world")
  response.end();
}).listen(9000,"127.0.0.1");

Answer

sanatgersappa picture sanatgersappa · Feb 26, 2012
console.log('\033[2J');

This works on linux. Not sure about windows.

You can "trick" the user using something like this:

var lines = process.stdout.getWindowSize()[1];
for(var i = 0; i < lines; i++) {
    console.log('\r\n');
}