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How to clear pycharm output terminal with code? [duplicate]

Is there a way to clear the "Run" console in PyCharm?
I want a code that delete/hide all the print() made previously.
Like the "clear_all" button, but without having to press it manually.
I have read that there is a way to do it in a terminal with os.system("cls"), but in PyCharm, it only adds a small square without clearing anything.
Also, I don't want to use print("\n" *100) since I don't want to be able to scroll back and see the previous prints.

In Pycharm:
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all";
Double click -> Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!

Pycharm Community Edition 2020.1.3
You can right click anywhere above the current line on the console, and choose the "Clear All" option. It'll clear the console

How to
Download this package https://github.com/asweigart/pyautogui. It allows python to send key strokes.
You may have to install some other packages first
If you are installing PyAutoGUI from PyPI using pip:
Windows has no dependencies. The Win32 extensions do not need to be
installed.
OS X needs the pyobjc-core and pyobjc module installed (in that
order).
Linux needs the python3-xlib (or python-xlib for Python 2) module
installed.
Pillow needs to be installed, and on Linux you may need to install additional libraries to make sure Pillow's PNG/JPEG works correctly. See:
Set a keyboard shortcut for clearing the run window in pycharm as explained by Taylan Aydinli
CMD + , (or Pycharm preferences);
Search: "clear all"; Double click ->
Add keyboard shortcut (set it to CTRL + L or anything)
Enjoy this new hot key in your Pycharm console!
Then if you set the keyboard shortcut for 'clear all' to Command + L use this in your python script
import pyautogui
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')
Example program
This will clear the screen after the user types an input.
If you aren't focused on the tool window then your clear hot-key won't work, you can see this for yourself if you try pressing your hot-key while focused on, say, the editor, you won't clear the embedded terminals contents.
PyAutoGUI has no way of focusing on windows directly, to solve this you can try to find the coordinate where the run terminal is located and then send a left click to focus, if you don't already know the coordinates where you can click your mouse you can find it out with the following code:
import pyautogui
from time import sleep
sleep(2)
print(pyautogui.position())
An example of output:
(2799, 575)
and now the actual code:
import pyautogui
while True:
input_1 = input("?")
print(input_1)
pyautogui.click(x=2799, y=575)
pyautogui.hotkey('command', 'l')

Easy Method:
Shortcut: Control K,
Right click on terminal and clear Buffer

There's also another way of doing it using the system class from os. All you need to do is have this code:
from os import system, name
# define our clear function
def clear():
# for windows the name is 'nt'
if name == 'nt':
_ = system('cls')
# and for mac and linux, the os.name is 'posix'
else:
_ = system('clear')
# Then, whenever you want to clear the screen, just use this clear function as:
clear()
However, in order for this functionality to work in pycharm, you need to enable "Emulate terminal in output console". You can find this under edit configuration of the file where you want to use the clear function, then it's under Execution option. Here's a screenshot: pycharm screensho

You could just do a ("\n" * 100000000), so it'll be impossible to scroll back.

In PyCharm terminal you can type 'cls' just like in linux terminal.
For Python Console (where you see the output) assign a shortkey for "clear all" in File -> Settings -> Keymap -> Other -> "Clear all"
You can also click somewhere on the PythonConsole -> Right button -> clear.
Hope it helps

I just relised that instead of going to the trouble of setting up a shortcut, you could just set up a command using PyAutoGUI to click on the trash bin on the side of the window e.g
note, to install pyautogui click on the end of the import pyautogui line, then press alt+enter and click install pyautogui.
import pyautogui
# to find the coordinates of the bin...
from time import sleep
sleep(2) # hover your mouse over bin in this time
mousepos = pyautogui.position() gets current pos of mouse
x,y = mousepos # storing mouse position
print(mousepos) # prints current pos of mouse
# then to clear it;
pyautogui.click(x, y) # and just put this line of code wherever you want to clear it
(this isn't perfect thanks to the time it takes to run the code and using the mouse, but it is reasonable solution depending on what you are using it for.)
I hope this answer is helpful even though this is an old question.

Just click the trash can icon to the left of the command window and it clears the command history!

In PyCharm 2019.3.3 you can right click and select "Clear All" button.This is deleting all written data inside of the console and unfortunately this is manual.

Sorry to say this, here the main question is how to do it programmatically means while my code is running I want my code to clear previous data and at some stage and then continue running the code. It should work like reset button.
After spending some time on research I solved my problem using Mahak Khurmi's solution https://stackoverflow.com/a/67543234/16878188.

If you edit the run configuration you can enable "emulate terminal in output console" and you can use the os.system("cls") line and it will work normally.

Iconman had the easiest answer.
But simply printing "\n" * 20 (or whatever your terminal height is) will clear the screen, and the only difference is that the cursor is at the bottom.
I came here because I wanted to visually see how long each step of a complex process was taking (I'm implementing a progress bar), and the terminal is already full of scrolling logging information.
I ended up printing ("A" * 40) * 20, and then "B" and "C" etc., and then filming it. Reviewing the video made it easy to see how many seconds each step took. Yes I know I could use time-stamps, but this was fun!

Executing multiple lines of input in pycharm console from first line

When working with the interactive console in PyCharm (via IPython), is there any way to execute the currently loaded multiline statement from not the last line?
In Jupyter's QtConsole, this can be done by pressing Shift+Enter on any line of input. i.e.
In [1]: print("line 1")
... print("line 2")
Can be evaluated by pressing Shift+Enter regardless of where the caret is located. In the IPython-based interactive console in PyCharm, pressing Shift+Enter creates a new line below the current one and moves the caret to it, while Ctrl+Enter splits the line at the current caret position.
I could not find any settings that control this behavior; perhaps it is a limitation of IPython?
EDIT: In the regular IPython REPL, Alt+Enter accomplishes what I'm after, but this does not work in the PyCharm console, even after removing the default shortcut assigned to that keystroke ("Show Intention Actions")

Perhaps this link can help you:
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/loading-code-from-editor-into-console.html
pressing Alt + Shift + E on a selection will execute the selected code in the console.

If there is no direct shortcut for this, at least you can do it with a workaround:
Position to start with (call it PositionEND, since it is the end of the selection that you must paradoxically start with): Put the cursor in the end position up to which you want to run your code.
Make an edit of whatever choice, it could be just pressing a letter, and then revert the edit. This puts this position as the last edit position in memory. This "last edit"-trick is to get back to that position after the execution of the following selection.
Now press Ctrl+Shift+Pos1, or if you want to run all, take Ctrl+A instead.
Execute the selection with Alt+Shift+E.
Get back to the "last edit"-trick position Ctrl+Shift+Backspace to go to the last edit according to the question body at Keyboard shortcut for Jump to Previous View Location (Navigate back/forward) in IntelliJ IDEA
If you have selected some code, and you want to get to the bottom of the selection; or if you have just applied Alt+Shift+E and you realise that you have forgotten to edit something at PositonEND in order to use the trick above with Ctrl+Shift+Backspace, and you want to go back to PositionEND, you must simply copy / cut and paste the selected code, that will put your cursor to the end of the selection:
Ctrl+c (Ctrl+x would work as well)
Ctrl+v
By the way, if you are in somewhat else than in the editor and you want to turn back, do not click inside the editor, but just click on the needed ".py"-tab then so that your latest selection information does not get lost.
If
you can take a "risk" / try your luck /
coming back to a nearby place is enough,
you may use Ctrl+Alt+← (Left Arrow), though this is very often not helping you to get to that exact previous cursor place, being confusingly called: "Jump to Previous View Location". It does not always do what you would expect (I think).

Python, Pyautogui, and CTRL-C

I am attempting to complete a simple process of opening a web/browser based document, selecting a field within said document, and then copying it so that it goes into my operating system's clipboard. Here's the specs :
Windows 7
Google Chrome ( latest stable )
Python 3.5
pyautogui for keyboard/mouse control
Here is the field I am trying to work with ( http://screencast.com/t/jt0kTagb ). When that little arrow is clicked it pops open to reveal a calendar to pick a date. If you click directly in the field instead it highlights the field's contents. When I manually press CTRL+C in this situation the field's contents go right into the clipboard as expected.
I've tried two methods of getting the field to go into my clipboard. The first was leveraging pyautogui's keyDown/up and press functions which essentially looked like :
imageCoord = noClick("img/date.png")
x, y = pyautogui.center(imageCoord)
pyautogui.click(x, y + 20)
pyautogui.keyDown('ctrl')
pyautogui.press('c')
pyautogui.keyUp('ctrl')
I then attempted to just use the app menu that appears if you right click on something which looked like this:
imageCoord = noClick("img/date.png")
x, y = pyautogui.center(imageCoord)
pyautogui.click(x, y + 20, button='right')
pyautogui.press("down", presses=2)
time.sleep(1)
pyautogui.press('enter')
Lastly I tried the pyautogui.hotkey() function which looked like this :
imageCoord = noClick("img/date.png")
x, y = pyautogui.center(imageCoord)
pyautogui.click(x, y + 20, button='right')
pyautogui.hotKey('ctrl', 'c')
In all three events the field is indeed selected and as best as I can tell the keypresses are going through as all other presses/functions that happen prior go off without a hitch.
The problem that I am facing is that when I do this manually in the same fashion as both of those scripts above I am able to get the contents. When I use the scripts, the clipboard is never updated/populated with the field's contents. Is there something I am overlooking or not considering when working with Python and Window's clipboard?
In the end all I am trying to do is put that value into an excel sheet. Any advice would be appreciated!

I have also discovered this issue on a different automation script, and have been working on troubleshooting it for several days. I'm also on Python 3.5 and Windows 7. I can rule out that it has anything to do with Google Chrome, as my particular script is actually working with SAP.
The documentation for pyautogui on Read the Docs (https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cheatsheet.html#keyboard-functions) gives a direct example of using Ctrl + C to copy text to the clipboard, so I can verify you're not actually doing something wrong. I believe you're just looking at a bug here.
I have opened an issue on the project's GitHub page:
https://github.com/asweigart/pyautogui/issues/102

Use the PyAutoGui module.
pip install PyAutoGUI
We can easily use HotKey combinations.
See docs: https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/keyboard.html#the-hotkey-function
Pressing Ctrl+C
>>> import pyautogui
>>> pyautogui.hotkey('ctrl', 'c')

I found the solution!
pyautogui.keyDown('ctrl')
pyautogui.keyDown('c')
pyautogui.keyUp('c')
pyautogui.keyUp('ctrl')
In my script I had to use root.update() after.

python auto clears everything on screen after 298 lines

my problem is that python.exe auto clears everything ive printed to it, after a certain amount of lines has been reached, for example i created the following program
a = 0
for a in range(0, 10000):
print(str(a) + ':> cola')
delay = input('BLARG :>')
now when i ran this in python .exe, i got the following result.
IMAGE1, and it carried on like this till it reached the end. IMAGE2 now the problem is python erased everything in the first image that came before the 9701st print which is a tad troublesome, does anyone have any advice on how to prevent python auto clearing everything.

This is not a python problem. change settings of your console ~v1k45
Windows' CMD you're using have a limit of old output it remembers.
I don't have Windows in English, so I do translation of names of the options myself, and they can differ from reality.
To change the limit, right-click on it's title bar and select Properties (for current window, or Defaults to change it for all future cmd windows), go to the tab Layout and increase heigth of Buffer size:

Pressing keys with python win32api

I am trying to achieve the following behavior in a PYTHON 2.4 script, here are the steps, and after them, the question:
Python script starts
The script gives a 3 seconds delay to change to 'Z' program's window
The script does some clicks on the 'Z' program's window.
The script stops making clicks
/* ¿? */
Ask to continue with the program's excecution
/* ¿? */
Go to step 2
So, in steps 5 and 7 what I want to do is simulate the pressing of keys Alt+Tab in order to go back to the script window (in step 5), and go back again to the 'Z' program's window (in step 7).
And the problem is that I have no idea how to achieve this (the simulation to press keys alt+tab), and didn't find answers to my doubts.
I am using the python win32api modules to positionate mouse in a certain point and make the clicks, but I don't find the way to simulate the key pressing.

Try This :
1) Use : https://gist.github.com/chriskiehl/2906125
2)
import win32api
import win32com.client
shell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
shell.Run("app")
win32api.Sleep(100)
shell.AppActivate("myApp")
win32api.Sleep(100)
shell.SendKeys("name")
win32api.Sleep(500)
shell.SendKeys("{ENTER}")
win32api.Sleep(2500)
shell.SendKeys("^a") # CTRL+A may "select all" depending on which window's focused
shell.SendKeys("{DELETE}") # Delete selected text? Depends on context. :P
shell.SendKeys("{TAB}") #Press tab... to change focus or whatever

You need the WinApi function SendInput.
See the description in the MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646310(v=vs.85).aspx

An Easier Way
Use this Library W32S
My Library.
And If u want , just copy the source instead