clear is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file.

C:\Users> clear
'clear' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.


C:\Users> clear screen
'clear' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

You defiantly got the above error while trying to clear the screen on a Command Prompt on your Window 8/10 operating system? didn't you? Well! I guess you are very much used to using Terminal command on macOS or Linux so you used the command clear on Windows you need to use cls i.e. a command to clear the screen.

C:\Users> cls

To know more about the command type: help cls

C:\Users> help cls
Clears the screen.

CLS

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