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-<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                                                              <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                    General Commands Manual                   <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
 
 
 
 
 
 
        (<STRONG>tput</STRONG>),  and used this to replace the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command with a shell script
        which calls <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>clear</STRONG>, e.g.,
 
        (<STRONG>tput</STRONG>),  and used this to replace the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command with a shell script
        which calls <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>clear</STRONG>, e.g.,
 
-         /usr/bin/tput ${1:+-T$1} clear 2&gt; /dev/null
-         exit
+           /usr/bin/tput ${1:+-T$1} clear 2&gt; /dev/null
+           exit
 
        In 1989, when Keith Bostic revised the BSD <STRONG>tput</STRONG> command to make it sim-
        ilar to the AT&amp;T <STRONG>tput</STRONG>, he added a shell script for the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command:
 
 
        In 1989, when Keith Bostic revised the BSD <STRONG>tput</STRONG> command to make it sim-
        ilar to the AT&amp;T <STRONG>tput</STRONG>, he added a shell script for the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command:
 
-         exec tput clear
+           exec tput clear
 
        The remainder of the script in each case is a copyright notice.
 
 
        The remainder of the script in each case is a copyright notice.
 
            sequence  for  clearing  the screen.  Rather than clearing just the
            visible part of the screen using
 
            sequence  for  clearing  the screen.  Rather than clearing just the
            visible part of the screen using
 
-             printf '\033[2J'
+               printf '\033[2J'
 
            one could clear the <EM>scrollback</EM> using
 
 
            one could clear the <EM>scrollback</EM> using
 
-             printf '\033[<STRONG>3</STRONG>J'
+               printf '\033[<STRONG>3</STRONG>J'
 
            This is documented in <EM>XTerm</EM> <EM>Control</EM> <EM>Sequences</EM> as a  feature  origi-
            nating with xterm.
 
            This is documented in <EM>XTerm</EM> <EM>Control</EM> <EM>Sequences</EM> as a  feature  origi-
            nating with xterm.
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
        <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
 
-       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20171007).
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20200516).