Clearing output of a terminal program in Linux C

Question

I want to clear the output of a C program produced with printf statements. I want to clear only one line, for example:

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printf(\"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA\\         


        

Answer 1

If you are using X-Term compatibles (Gnome Terminal included), then print the following

printf("\033[2J");

or

cout << "\033[2J";

where \033 is the escape character in ASCII and [2J is the specific action (clear).