title: Is there a better way to erase a line than echo " "?
body: <p>I am wanting to erase several (let's say 10) lines on the screen using bash.</p>
  
  <p>I know this can be done by:</p>
  
  <pre><code>for x in `seq 1 10`; do
    echo "                                                    "
  done
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but there must be a better way.</p>
  
  <p>Something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo -n10 --blank
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or</p>
  
  <pre><code>echo -n10 space(80)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or something similar.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Any ideas?</strong></p>