Is there such a command as a "cls" (clear screen), like in DOS or basic, that can be used in a java application (not applet)? If not, is 
there something similar, other than using a bunch of System.out.println statements? I'm using MS Visual J++ 
(and not impressed with it).
This is for a programming assignment that uses menus in the stand-alone interpreter. 
                                     Thanks.
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N/A

Java currently has no support for clearing the console window (in Unix parlance,
the tty).  There has, as yet, been hardly any demand for this feature or for
other termcap-style features.  --   xxxxx@xxxxx   3/5/1998

There still has been hardly any demand for this feature.  We are considering an
API for improved interactive console I/O (see 4050435), but we see no need to
replicate termcap in Java.  --   xxxxx@xxxxx   2002/3/15

Partial workaround: you may write (vt100) control sequences directly to System.out, such as ESC 2 J or ESC [ K or ... (search the web for xterm control sequences).  However, I know no way of turning out line echoing or line buffering, (stty -echo -icanon).