HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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.