| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)tput.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH CLEAR 1 "" |
| 8 | .UC |
| 9 | .SH NAME |
| 10 | clear \- clear terminal screen |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 12 | .B clear |
| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 14 | .I Clear |
| 15 | clears your screen if this is possible. |
| 16 | It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in |
| 17 | .I /etc/termcap |
| 18 | to figure out how to clear the screen. |
| 19 | .SH FILES |
| 20 | /etc/termcap terminal capability data base |