.\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. .\" .\" @(#)tput.1 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH CLEAR 1 "" .UC .SH NAME clear \- clear terminal screen .SH SYNOPSIS .B clear .SH DESCRIPTION .I Clear clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in .I /etc/termcap to figure out how to clear the screen. .SH FILES /etc/termcap terminal capability data base