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clearLine - readline - Node documentation
function clearLine

Usage in Deno

import { clearLine } from "node:readline";
clearLine(
stream: WritableStream,
dir: Direction,
callback?: () => void,
): boolean

The readline.clearLine() method clears current line of given TTY stream in a specified direction identified by dir.

Parameters

stream: WritableStream
optional
callback: () => void

Invoked once the operation completes.

Return Type

boolean

false if stream wishes for the calling code to wait for the 'drain' event to be emitted before continuing to write additional data; otherwise true.

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