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<H1 class="no-header">clear 1</H1>
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<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG> <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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<H2><a name="h2-NAME">NAME</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>clear</STRONG> - clear the terminal screen
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<H2><a name="h2-SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG>clear</STRONG>
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<STRONG>clear</STRONG> clears your screen if this is possible, including
its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is
defined). <STRONG>clear</STRONG> looks in the environment for the terminal
type and then in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database to determine how to
clear the screen.
<STRONG>clear</STRONG> ignores any command-line parameters that may be
present.
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<H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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