'Clearing console in Intellij-idea

Could anyone tell me if it's possible to clear console in intellij-idea and how?

So far I have tried:

System.out.print("\033[H\033[2J");
System.out.flush();

and: 

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("clear");

but any of those did work.

I'm using Intellij-idea ultimate 2017 2.4 and Linux Mint.

javaintellij-idea


Solution 1:[1]

Use Grep Console plugin for clearing it when it matches some output.

Solution 2:[2]

I don't believe you can, think of that window as a log file.

BTW, why would you want to clear that?

Solution 3:[3]

"Right" click over the console and select "clear all"

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Solution 4:[4]

IntelliJ IDEA console is not a real terminal, so there is no command to clear it from your Java code.

See the issue here.

Try run your application in other terminal, then you can make a function like this:

public static void ClearConsole(){
    try{
        String operatingSystem = System.getProperty("os.name") //Check the current operating system
          
        if(operatingSystem.contains("Windows")){        
            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("cmd", "/c", "cls");
            Process startProcess = pb.inheritIO.start();
            startProcess.waitFor();
        } else {
            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder("clear");
            Process startProcess = pb.inheritIO.start();

            startProcess.waitFor();
        } 
    }catch(Exception e){
        System.out.println(e);
    }
}

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Solution Source
Solution 1 Meo
Solution 2 cristianoms
Solution 3 jbmilgrom
Solution 4 Jose Galdamez

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