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$Id: clear.1,v 1.6 2006/12/24 18:07:53 tom Exp $
@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.

@CLEAR@ ignores any command-line parameters that may be present.

SEE ALSO
@TPUT@(1), terminfo(\*n)

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