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.TH clear 1 "12 Jul 2002" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
clear \- clear the terminal screen
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBclear\fR [\fIterm\fR]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBclear\fR utility clears the terminal screen if this is possible. It
looks in the environment for the terminal type, if this is not already
specified by the \fIterm\fR operand, and then looks up the terminfo database to
figure out how to clear the screen.
.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIterm\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 8n
.rt  
Indicates the type of terminal. Normally, this operand is unnecessary because
the default is taken from the environment variable \fBTERM\fR.
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBtput\fR(1), \fBattributes\fR(5)