- <STRONG>clear</STRONG> ignores any command-line parameters that may be
- present. The analogous "<STRONG>tput</STRONG> clear" has command-line
- parameters including <STRONG>-T</STRONG> for overriding the <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> environ-
- ment variable.
+
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
+ <STRONG>-T</STRONG> <EM>type</EM>
+ indicates the <EM>type</EM> of terminal. Normally this option is unneces-
+ sary, because the default is taken from the environment variable
+ <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. If <STRONG>-T</STRONG> is specified, then the shell variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COL-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>UMNS</STRONG> will also be ignored.
+
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
+ exits. The options are as follows:
+
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> do not attempt to clear the terminal's scrollback buffer using the
+ extended "E3" capability.