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.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH CLEAR 1 "10 October 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
clear \- clear terminal screen
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR clear
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B clear
calls
.BR tput (1)
with the
.I clear
argument.  This causes
.B tput
to attempt to clear the screen checking the data in
.I /etc/termcap
(for the GNU or BSD
.BR tput )
or in the terminfo database
(for the
.B ncurses
.BR tput )
and sending the appropriate sequence to the terminal.  This command can be
redirected to clear the screen of some other terminal.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR reset (1),
.BR stty (1),
.BR tput (1)
.SH AUTHOR
Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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7eda085c KZ	1	.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
	2	.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
	3	.TH CLEAR 1 "10 October 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
	4	.SH NAME
	5	clear \- clear terminal screen
	6	.SH SYNOPSIS
	7	.BR clear
	8	.SH DESCRIPTION
	9	.B clear
	10	calls
	11	.BR tput (1)
	12	with the
	13	.I clear
	14	argument. This causes
	15	.B tput
	16	to attempt to clear the screen checking the data in
	17	.I /etc/termcap
	18	(for the GNU or BSD
	19	.BR tput )
	20	or in the terminfo database
	21	(for the
	22	.B ncurses
	23	.BR tput )
	24	and sending the appropriate sequence to the terminal. This command can be
	25	redirected to clear the screen of some other terminal.
	26	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	27	.BR reset (1),
	28	.BR stty (1),
	29	.BR tput (1)
	30	.SH AUTHOR
	31	Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)