is there a way to clear the shell

hi there,i am programming a game. since now i want to output the gameloop data with a shell.is there some way of clearing the shell?i would like to clear the shell and then output the data onto an emty shell?thx
[246 byte] By [ludoludoa] at [2007-9-29 14:52:43]
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Why not just create another JFrame and add a JTextArea to that and then output all your game data there instead.Otherwise you'll need to possible send an escape code of some kind to the shell (depending on what terminal it is emulating) or simply output 25 (or more) empty lines.
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