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                                                                 clear(1)



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        clear                                                     Command
        clear terminal screen
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        SYNTAX

        clear


        DESCRIPTION

        Clear clears your screen based on your TERM variable.  It looks
        in the environment for the terminal type, then in /etc/termcap to
        figure out how to clear the screen.



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        EXAMPLES

        $ clear

        Clears your screen and moves the cursor to the top of the screen.
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        FILES

        /usr/lib/terminfo   terminal information data base


        SEE ALSO

        tput(1)
        terminfo(4), environ(5) in the Programmer's Reference for the
        DG/UX System (Volume 2)


        NOTE

        Clear is a shell script that calls tput(1).











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