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Uses the system function to clear the screen

      

#!/usr/bin/perl


use warnings;
use strict;

print( "What file would you like to create? " );
chomp( my $file = <STDIN> );

( $^O =~ /Win/ ) ? system( "cls" ) : system( "clear" );








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