https://github.com/inancgumus/screen

Little helper for clearing the screen using pure Go in a cross-platform way
https://github.com/inancgumus/screen

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Little helper for clearing the screen using pure Go in a cross-platform way

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/inancgumus/screen
• Owner: inancgumus
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-12-07T15:20:07.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-01-27T21:08:49.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-18T15:23:29.081Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: bash, go, golang, windows
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.91 KB
• Stars: 74
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 12
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Screen

The screen package provides an easy way for clearing the screen, moving the cursor and getting the size of the current window in a cross-platform way (Linux, OS X and Windows).

## Installation

```

$ go get -u github.com/inancgumus/screen

```

## Clearing the Screen

You can clear the screen and move the cursor to the top-left corner of the screen. This is good enough to create an animated program (such as an always updating clock or a progress bar).

```go

package main

import (

	"fmt"

	"time"

	"github.com/inancgumus/screen"

)

func main() {

	// Clear all the characters on the screen

	screen.Clear()

	for {

		// Moves the cursor to the top-left position of the screen

		screen.MoveTopLeft()

		// Animate the time always in the same position

		fmt.Println(time.Now())

		time.Sleep(time.Second)

	}

}

```

## Getting the Width and Height

You can get the current terminal width and height. Actually, you don't have to use this package to do that. It's just a simple wrapper over [terminal](https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal) package.

```go

package main

import (

	"fmt"

	"github.com/inancgumus/screen"

)

func main() {

	w, h := screen.Size()

    

	fmt.Printf("Width: %d Height: %d\n", w, h)

}

```

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_MIT License_