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  43 <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                                                       <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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  49 <H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
  50        <STRONG>clear</STRONG> - clear the terminal screen
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  54 <H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
  55        <STRONG>clear</STRONG>
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  59 <H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
  60        <STRONG>clear</STRONG> clears your screen if this is possible.  It looks in
  61        the environment for the terminal type and then in the <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
  62        <STRONG>minfo</STRONG> database to figure out how to clear the screen.
  63
  64        <STRONG>clear</STRONG>  ignores  any  command-line  parameters  that may be
  65        present.
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  69 <H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
  70        <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
  71
  72        This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.7 (patch 20100731).
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  76                                                                <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
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