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-.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.3 2000/07/15 23:59:35 china Exp $
+.\" $Id: clear.1,v 1.5 2006/07/01 21:55:09 tom Exp $
.TH clear 1 ""
.ds n 5
.SH NAME
\fBclear\fR clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the
environment for the terminal type and then in the \fBterminfo\fR database to
figure out how to clear the screen.
+.PP
+\fBclear\fR ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fB@TPUT@\fR(1), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)
+.PP
+This describes \fBncurses\fR
+version @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@ (patch @NCURSES_PATCH@).
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