Runtime.getruntime.exec(“cls/clear”); not working in Windows to clear console

Question

I have tried many times to clear the console and have written this Runtime.getruntime.exec("cls"); but did not get any result, means the console is not being cleared in Windows .

Answer 1

System.out.print("\\b") might do the trick. One \\b for each character printed.

System.out.print("Foo");
System.out.print("\b\b\b");
System.out.print("Bar");

This prints "Bar"

String foo = "Foo";
System.out.print(foo);
for (int i = 0; i < foo.length(); i++) {
    System.out.print("\b");
}
System.out.print("Bar");

Same result using a loop.