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clear(1)                                                                                            clear(1)



NAME
       clear - clear the 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 the terminfo database to figure out how to clear the screen.

SEE ALSO
       tput(1), terminfo(5)



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