It looks like others have already given you long explanations of why PowerShell works this way. Nevertheless, the behavior you're describing can still be desir

It looks like others have already given you long explanations of why PowerShell works this way. Nevertheless, the behavior you're describing can still be desirable at times. In the future, the following will probably work: echo "$([char]27)[3J$([char]27)[H$([char]27)[2J" This matches the output from `tput clear` in WSL. However, as of writing, it's a bit quirky when combined with other PowerShell commands; for example, the following behaves oddly: ls; echo "$([char]27)[3J$([char]27)[H$([char]27)[2J"; ls Unfortunately, I don't have a good solution at the moment.