CLEAR(1) User Commands CLEAR(1)
NAME
clear - clear the terminal screen
SYNOPSIS
clear [
term]
DESCRIPTION
The
clear 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
term operand, and then looks up the terminfo
database to figure out how to clear the screen.
OPERANDS
term Indicates the type of terminal. Normally, this operand is
unnecessary because the default is taken from the environment
variable
TERM.
SEE ALSO
tput(1),
attributes(7) July 12, 2002 CLEAR(1)
