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.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
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.TH CLEAR 1 "10 October 1993" "Linux 0.99" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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clear \- clear terminal screen
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR clear
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B clear
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calls
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.BR tput (1)
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with the
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.I clear
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argument. This causes
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.B tput
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to attempt to clear the screen checking the data in
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.I /etc/termcap
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(for the GNU or BSD
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.BR tput )
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or in the terminfo database
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(for the
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.B ncurses
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.BR tput )
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and sending the appropriate sequence to the terminal. This command can be
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redirected to clear the screen of some other terminal.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR reset (1),
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.BR stty (1),
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.BR tput (1)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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