HP-UX Reference (11i v2 04/09) - 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.