Command Reference Guide

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clear(1) clear(1)
NAME
clear - clear terminal screen
SYNOPSIS
clear
DESCRIPTION
clear clears the terminal screen if it is possible to do so. It reads the TERM environment variable for the
terminal type, then reads the appropriate terminfo database to determine how to clear the screen.
FILES
/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/* terminal database files
AUTHOR
clear was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
terminfo(4).
Section 1−−96 − 1 − HP-UX Release 11i: December 2000
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