ncurses/man/clear.1

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.TH @CLEAR@ 1 ""
.ds n 5
.SH NAME
\fB@CLEAR@\fR \- clear the terminal screen
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB@CLEAR@\fR
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fB@CLEAR@\fR clears your screen if this is possible,
including its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is defined).
\fB@CLEAR@\fR looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in the
\fBterminfo\fR database to determine how to clear the screen.
.PP
\fB@CLEAR@\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB@TPUT@\fR(1), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).