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44 <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                                                       <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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51        <STRONG>clear</STRONG> - clear the terminal screen
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56        <STRONG>clear</STRONG>
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61        <STRONG>clear</STRONG>  clears  your  screen if this is possible, including
62        its scrollback buffer (if the extended "E3" capability  is
63        defined).  <STRONG>clear</STRONG> looks in the environment for the terminal
64        type and then in the <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> database to determine how to
65        clear the screen.
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67        <STRONG>clear</STRONG>  ignores  any  command-line  parameters  that may be
68        present.
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72 <H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
73        <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
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75        This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.9 (patch 20150215).
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79                                                                <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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