clear(1)                                                              clear(1)



NAME
     clear - clear terminal screen

SYNOPSIS
     clear

DESCRIPTION
     clear clears your screen if this is possible.  It looks in the
     environment for the terminal type and then uses the terminfo(4) database
     to figure out how to clear the screen.

     clear opens a full screen window and clears all bitplanes (front, back
     overlay, underlay, alphaoverlay and so forth).  It sends a redraw to all
     open windows.

FILES
     /usr/lib/terminfo/?/*    compiled terminal description database

SEE ALSO
     terminfo(4).



































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