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Clearing terminal screen in Go

There are two ways I like (without any external dependency)

Using os/exec package

I have added some boilerplate code to make sure you see whats happening. I think this is probably the best way to do this.
package main
import (
"os"
"fmt"
"os/exec"
"time"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("Clearing Screen in 2s...")
// sleep for 2 seconds
duration, _ := time.ParseDuration("2s")
time.Sleep(duration)
c := exec.Command("clear")
c.Stdout = os.Stdout
c.Run()
}

Using ANSI Escape Sequences

Not a good way but may come in handy for some situations.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("this is a line")
fmt.Println("Clearing Screen in 1s...")
dur, _ := time.ParseDuration("1s")
time.Sleep(dur)
fmt.Print("\033[2J")
}
The sequence \033[2J is read as Esc[2J where "2j" clears the screen and moves the cursor to the home position (line 0, column 0).