CLEAR(1)                COMMAND REFERENCE                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 in the
     termcap entry for that terminal to figure out how to clear
     the screen.

EXAMPLES
     The following example clears the terminal screen:

          clear

FILES
     /etc/termcap
               Default terminal capability data base

VARIABLES
     TERM           The type of terminal being used.

     TERMCAP        The name of the terminal capability entry, or
                    the actual entry.

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [1]            No TERM environment variable.

     [2]            No termcap entry for the specified terminal
                    type.

     [3]            No clear-screen sequence in the termcap
                    entry.

SEE ALSO
     termcap(5t).















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