Question:
I would like something like Clear-Host, but would like the scrollback.
So far, all I have is basically adding newlines until the screen is clear. Though when I do this, the cursor starts writing at the bottom of the page (as to be expect- though not desired).
I would hope to start writing at the top of the page (for menus and such- which is the natural thing to do)
This is the code to print the dynamic count of new lines:
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do {Write-Host ""; $i++} while ($i -ne $Host.UI.RawUI.WindowSize.Height) |
I did see something about a Transcript module, but do not desire that.
Thanks in advance.
Answer:
Here’s a one-liner which gives exactly what you’re looking for:
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[System.Console]::SetWindowPosition(0,[System.Console]::CursorTop) |
From here:
http://tommymaynard.com/ql-clear-host-without-clearning-the-host/
The linked article also show how to use this in a Function for repeated use in a script.