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   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: clear.1,v 1.18 2017/10/07 21:30:17 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: clear.1,v 1.19 2017/11/18 23:51:59 tom Exp @
   * these would be fallbacks for DS/DE,
   * but groff changed the meaning of the macros.
 -->
        (<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:
 
-         exec tput clear
+           exec tput clear
 
        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
 
-             printf '\033[2J'
+               printf '\033[2J'
 
            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.
 </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 20171028).
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20171125).