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Man Page: clear

Operating Environment: bsd

Section: 1

CLEAR(1)						      General Commands Manual							  CLEAR(1)

NAME
clear - clear terminal screen
SYNOPSIS
clear
DESCRIPTION
Clear clears your screen if this is possible. It looks in the environment for the terminal type and then in /etc/termcap to figure out how to clear the screen.
FILES
/etc/termcap terminal capability data base 3rd Berkeley Distribution April 29, 1985 CLEAR(1)
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