Clear terminal window in Node.js readline shell

Question

I have a simple readline shell written in Coffeescript:

rl = require \'readline\'
cli = rl.createInterface process.std         


        

Answer 1

Vorpal.js makes things like this really easy.

For an interactive CLI with a clear command as well as a REPL within the context of your application, do this:

var vorpal = require('vorpal')();
var repl = require('vorpal-repl');

vorpal
  .delimiter('hello>')
  .use(repl)
  .show();

vorpal
  .command('clear', 'Clears the screen.')
  .action(function (args, cb) {
    var blank = '';
    for (var i = 0; i < process.stdout.rows; ++i) {
      blank += '\n';
    }
    vorpal.ui.rewrite(blank);
    vorpal.ui.rewrite('');
    cb();
  });