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CLEAR

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NAME

clear - clear the terminal screen  

SYNOPSIS

clear
 

DESCRIPTION

clear clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the terminfo database to figure out how to clear the screen.  

SEE ALSO

tput(1), terminfo(5)

Addition information is available on the The clear Command page on the The Linux Information Project website.

 

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August 23, 2005 by The Linux Information Project