clear(1)




NAME

     clear - clear the terminal screen


SYNOPSIS

     clear [term]


DESCRIPTION

     The clear utility clears the terminal screen if this is pos-
     sible. 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.


ATTRIBUTES

     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO

     tput(1), attributes(5)


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