TERM environemt varaible not set error Python

Question

Good day. I am using a repl server with Python 3.1.1. I am on Linux. I am aware of

TERM environment variable not set

However, when I do put set | grep TERM or export TERM=xterm, it says

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "python", line 75
    set | grep TERM
                  ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

I also want to clear my shell window.

UPDATE: My screen clearing code is from:

how to clear the screen in python

Any help is appreciated! Thanks.

Ohhhh... Well, I want to have the screen cleared when the user inputs 'ok'. Screen clearing code from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4810537/how-to-clear-the-screen-in-python. — Arihan Sharma, Oct 19 '18 at 15:54
Python 3.1.1? That's almost a decade out of date. You should get a newer Python if at all possible. — user2357112, Oct 20 '18 at 19:34

Andrei Cioara · Answer 1 · 2018-10-19T16:38:16.120

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You are trying to run bash code inside python, which is invalid syntax.

To achieve the same effect try

import os
os.environ.get('TERM', '')

To set an environment variable from python try

import os
os.environ['TERM'] = 'xterm'

But ideally set that from bash.

edited Oct 19 '18 at 16:38

answered Oct 19 '18 at 16:15

Andrei Cioara

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When I do this, it says `'foo': unknown terminal type.` Any idea why? – Arihan Sharma Oct 19 '18 at 16:18
I am not sure what you are trying to achieve. I thought you knew what value you wanted `TERM` to have. Try `os.environ['TERM'] = 'xterm'`? Edited my answer accordingly – Andrei Cioara Oct 19 '18 at 16:39

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