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50 <STRONG>clear</STRONG> - clear the terminal screen
54 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
55 <STRONG>clear</STRONG>
59 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
60 <STRONG>clear</STRONG> clears your screen if this is possible, including
61 its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability is
62 defined). <STRONG>clear</STRONG> looks in the environment for the terminal
63 type and then in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database to determine how to
66 <STRONG>clear</STRONG> ignores any command-line parameters that may be
71 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
72 <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
74 This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20140816).
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