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CLEAR(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             CLEAR(1)



N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
    clear - clear terminal screen

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    c\bcl\ble\bea\bar\br

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    _\bC_\bl_\be_\ba_\br clears your screen if this is possible.  It looks in
    the environment for the terminal type and then in
    /_\be_\bt_\bc/_\bt_\be_\br_\bm_\bc_\ba_\bp to figure out how to clear the screen.

F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS
    /etc/termcap   terminal capability data base










































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