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I expected a small pacman going line by line, character by character.

Same, but then it could also be too slow or unpleasant to look at. Maybe a smaller pacman that eats multiple lines at once?

Either way it's a pretty cool idea and execution, well done OP :)

Or maybe multiple speedy pacmen ? :)

ppacman: parallel pacman clear

That might work for clearing a single word before the cursor (ctrl+w) or clearing from cursor to the end of the line (ctrl+k) etc

Even better if you could control the pacman!

And give him some enemies, maybe ghosts (since it's Halloween time).

Bingo, interactive terminal clear