NAME

clear − clear terminal screen

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/STANDARD

Origin: UCB

SYNOPSIS

clear

DESCRIPTION

Clear clears your screen if this is possible.  It reads the TERM  environment variable for the terminal type and then reads the appropriate terminfo data base to figure out how to clear the screen. 

FILES

/usr/lib/terminfo/?/*terminal capability files

SEE ALSO

terminfo(5). 

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